Football Preview 2015

The Times Herald’s 45th Annual Guide to all the Big 30 high school and area college teams

Football Preview • 2015New coach bringing his ‘A’ game to Alfred State

Randolph stands alone among Western New York small schools, Page 38

Cover story: Page 3

Big 30 football 20152 MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015OLEAN TIMES HERALD

By CHUCK POLLOCKOlean Times Herald

ALFRED — After 17 years as an assistant at five differ-ent stops Jarod Dotson felt it was time for his own football

program.His

resume was about as complete as it could be.

In two stops at his alma mater, the University of South Dakota, one as a grad assistant, plus one each at Michigan Tech, the University at Buffalo, Old Dominion and the South Dakota School of Mines, Dodson had worked both sides of the ball, plus special teams, though his specialty was defense.

And when the job opened at Alfred State, where Mick Caba retired after a 15-year career (66-81), Dodson applied. His decision was partially influ-enced by the fact that he had a previous relationship with ASC’s athletic direc-tor, Kelly Higgins, a South Dakota alumnus, who also held that same position at that school.

Then, too, while Alfred State wasn’t exactly in the rebuilding mode, it was clearly in transition, midway through the four-year probation period as the school was going from

being a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association to the NCAA Division III.

After sorting through 77 applications of coaching hope-fuls, the search committee chose the 40-year-old Dotson to take over the Pioneers.

AND THE former col-legiate defensive back isn’t intimidated by Alfred State’s switch from a two- to a four-year program.

“I had a lot of great experi-ences with some really good coaches and I’ve always been part of building programs,” he said. “Michigan Tech,

South Dakota and the transi-tion from Div. II to Div. I, OId Dominion’s program was just starting, had played one year, and we helped build a championship program there and the same thing at South Dakota Mines.

“It’s in me to try to build programs so when I saw the transition happening here, I thought, ‘This is a fit.’

And a challenge going from a junior college to a four-year school.

Alfred State has 3,500 stu-dents, nearly double those at Alfred University, directly across the road, and a likely future opponent.

But there’s a difference between the two schools, even though they’re both four-year programs.

“We’re kind of look-ing at the same student/athletes because they want guys who are rich in char-acter and we want guys who are rich in character,” Dodson admitted. “They want guys who love foot-ball, we want guys who love football.

“But I think we offer totally different things. They have tradition and we have innovation. We want to be innovative and on the cutting edge and have

athletes who really thrive on building. They want ath-letes who want to be part of a rich tradition.”

He added, “When it comes down to it, we want guys who want to build a program. Do they believe what we believe? I’ve recruited at schools that were more expensive and you sell value versus cost.

“We’re trying to find the heart of the person and I think we offer incredible academics.

I came here because it gives real-world chances to

See Alfred State, page 4


Alfred State photoAfter 17 years as an assistant at five difference colleges, Jarod Dotson has gotten his first head coaching job at Alfred State College where he is replacing Mick Caba.

Alfred State

Dotson ready to guide PioneersFirst-year head coach excited about leading ASC’s transition into Division III

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be successful without the high sticker price.”

Indeed, there were some two-year students among the 100 players Dodson welcomed to the opening of practice in mid-August.

“We’ll always offer Associate degrees,” said Paul Welker, Alfred State’s assis-tant athletic director for exter-nal communications/sports information director. “But every one of those majors can lead to a four-year degree.”

And Dodson sees that as a plus.

“If a student/athlete is here for two years, his foot-ball experience might encour-age him to stay for the other two and get a 4-year diplo-ma,” he said. “But some may only stay for two years and I understand that. I played in junior college before moving on to South Dakota.”

It was there that Dodson was bitten by the urge to coach.

“We had a coaching change my senior year and they need-ed somebody to help with the defensive backs and I stepped in and loved it,” he said. “As soon as I became a football coach, I knew I wanted to be a head coach and I’ve sought different experiences through-out my career.”

After graduating with a degree in recreation, Dodson visited high schools in the Vermillion, S.D. area offering to be a non-paid assistant.

There were no takers.So he returned to his alma

mater where he worked as a graduate assistant while get-ting his masters and being mentored by Higgins.

And after those five assis-tant coaching stops, Dodson now has his own program and his first experience with those added responsibilities.

“You never prepare for that.,” he admitted. “It’s been an incredible shock how much non-football issues and meetings that you go to and

you miss the aspects of foot-ball that you enjoy most.”

Dodson took the job late, being hired in April, and inherited Caba’s staff, all of whom are now gone.

Three of his eight new assistants are full-time, but all work at Alfred State.

“None of them has another job (away from the college),” he said. “I like the idea that they’re on-campus … they’re eight good men who are dedicated — 60-hour weeks — and are good teach-ers, mentors and developers.”

And they all have open minds.

Dodson didn’t pore over the films of last year’s team to determine what he had coming back.

“We’re going to allow them to make their own impressions on us because I don’t want whatever relationships they had in the past to affect us,” he explained. “We’ll put them out there to see their athletic

ability and allow our coach-es to sculpt them.”

And while his pedigree is defense, this season Dodson will work with the offense this season, particularly the quarterbacks.

“We’ll probably put it a fourth of our total offense going into this season,” he said. “We’ll try to keep it sim-ple. You’re really trying to set a culture more than anything. We will not sacrifice culture for winning games.”

Dodson’s emphasis on char-acter hasn’t gone unnoticed.

Bills’ assistant offensive line coach Kurt Anderson, a long-time buddy, main-tained, “Jarod is an incredi-ble football mind. As good of a ball coach as he is, he’s an even better husband, father, and friend.

“If you want your son to play for someone that will help him in all facets of his life, guide him mentally, physically, and spiritually, send him to Alfred State to play for Jarod Dodson.”

See Alfred State, page 46

alfred state


Game Days Sept. 5 William Patterson 1 p.m.

Sept. 12 Husson 1 p.m.

Sept. 26 at Castleton noon

Oct. 3 at Brockport St. 4 p.m.

Oct. 23 at St. John Fisher 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 Maranatha Baptist 1 p.m.

Oct. 17 Apprentice noon

Oct. 31 at Ky. Wesleyan 1 p.m.

Nov. 14 Morrisville State 1 p.m.

Alfred State

Sept. 19 at Rochester noon

By CHUCK POLLOCKOlean Times Herald

ALFRED — It started so well, Bob Rankl could have been forgiven for thinking, “This is easy.”

But the first-year Alfred University football coach knew better.

Last fall, after taking over for Dave Murray barely three months earlier, his Saxons got off to a 3-0 start.

Then came a three game-losing streak: 17-6 to Ithaca, 34-30 to Hartwick and 45-42 to Brockport.

Two more wins were followed by a pair of three touchdown losses to Utica and St. John Fisher.

It all translated to a 5-5 season which Rankl called,

“tremendously disappoint-ing to me. There’s high expectations at Alfred University within our foot-ball program and I expect much more from us than being a .500 football team.

“We got off to a great start, then had a three-game losing streak in the middle, which was very difficult to deal with for me. But a couple of things I brought away, after having some time to look at it, we were very close to being an 8- or 9-win team last year.”

And Rankl knows why the Saxons weren’t.

“The difference, no doubt, after evaluating the film comes down to one major deficiency in our football team … and that’s special

teams,” he said. “We finished at the top of the Empire 8 in a lot of categories offensively and defensively. But special teams were not good and that’s something we’ve com-pletely committed to being a lot better at this year.

“That’s special teams across the board, not one spe-cific area, and we’re going to be better.”

Rankl pointed out of last season, “I put the same amount of focus that we (always) have on special teams here, but we’re dou-bling that focus. Maybe we didn’t put enough focus on it last year.

“ I don’t want to place it on any individual person because it wasn’t … it wasn’t the kicker or the punter. It was issues all across the board, some injuries in differ-ent areas that didn’t help.

“Statistically you look at our special teams and it’s just an area that we didn’t do very well in,” he said. “Field position in every game we were at a tremendous dis-advantage. We were being asked to drive an average of 15 yards (farther than) our opponents. That makes a big difference in a football game

… something we’ve got to get better in.”

Rankl has the core person-nel this season.

He returns 30 lettermen, though losing 12 to graduation.

Seven starters each are back on offense and defense.

Alfred’s attack will be led by junior quarterback Tyler Johnson who passed for 1,828 yards and 15 touchdowns and ran for a team-best 916 yards with eight touch-

downs. The 2013 Empire 8 Rookie of the Year was a second team all-star last fall. Left tack;e Kevin Lamarque was also second-team E8.

Finally, wide receiver Brendan Buisch led the team in receiving yards (566) and touchdown catches (eight).

On defense. Mike Berardi of Wellsville starts at free safe-ty and was third on the team in tackles last season.

Tackle Zach Brinkley was second-team all-conference as was middle linebacker Corry Wallace.

Outside linebacker A.J. Licata, though taking over at midseason, led the Empire 8 in forced fumbles (four).

There’s also a welcome return for Rankl.

Back is wide receiver/run-ning back Maleke Fuentes, the former Olean High star who has returned to school after leaving last year.

“We’re really excited about having him as part of our football program again,” the coach said. “He was the Rookie of the Year as a fresh-man. Sophomore year he broke his collarbone early in the season and got a medical redshirt and then took a year off from school.”


Game Days Sept. 5 at Husson Univ. Noon

Sept. 12 RPI 1 p.m.

Sept. 26 at Ithaca* 1 p.m.

Oct. 3 Morrisville State 1 p.m.

Oct. 24 Hartwick* 1 p.m.

Nov. 7 Utica* 1 p.m.

Oct. 17 at Cortland* 1 p.m.

Oct. 31 at Brockport* 1 p.m.

* Empire 8 Conference

Nov. 14 at St. John Fisher* 1 p.m.

Alfred U.

Sept. 19 Buffalo State* 1 p.m.

Alfred University

Saxons working towards a ‘special’ seasonRankl begins second season looking to improve upon a 5-5 finish in 2014

Alfred U. photoBob Rankl is in his seccond season at Alfred U.

By J.P. BUTLEROlean Times Herald

For the last several sea-sons, we’d only lost teams. And for a seven-year stretch, they seemed to drop like flies.

From 2007 through the start of last year, the number of Big 30 football programs fell by seven, or 25 percent of the number (28) it had been in that ‘07 campaign.

The reasons varied. Three — Archbishop Walsh and Hinsdale in 2009 and West

Valley in 2010 — dropped their teams entirely; two — Johnsonburg in 2013 and Ellicottville last year — merged with other programs (Ridgway and Franklinville, respectively) — while two others — St. Marys and Gowanda — were let go as a result of a lack of Big 30 schools on their schedules and residing on the outskirts of the Times Herald’s cover-age area.

It all led to a once 30-plus team landscape being

reduced to a low of 21 squads in the 2014 campaign.

This year, however, is dif-ferent.

For the first time since 2012 and only the third time in the last eight years, the Big 30 isn’t down a team from the year before. In fact, it’s gained one.

By virtue of having two other area teams (Bradford High and Ridgway) on its schedule and considering it has always had a presence in the Don Raabe Big 30

Charities Classic, St. Marys Public once again has a home in the Big 30, albeit as a fifth fringe school, in 2015.

That makes for 22 Big 30 programs for the coming sea-son and a different narrative altogether from the all-too-common “shrinking number of schools” storyline.

The Flying Dutchmen were last a member of the Big 30 in 2007, when under Joe Schlimm, they went 8-4 with a loss to Bradford High in the District 9 Class

AAA championship game. They’ll be back this year under Tony Defilippi, with former Cameron County and Ridgway boss Mark Morelli serving as one of his assis-tant coaches.

Other notable storylines heading into Week 1 of the 2015 high school season:

League ChangesAs a result of co-ops

and the shifting of teams between classifications, the leagues in which our Big 30 programs reside always seem to be changing, and this year is no different.

Two of the more signifi-cant changes will be happen-ing in Western New York Class D (Section 6) and the Livingston County (Section 5) leagues.

In the last three years, WNY Class D has gone from a D and DD division to one eight-team division (with the top four squads battling for a sectional crown and the bottom four playing for a bowl title) to, in 2015, a seven-team division with an all-inclusive playoff.

The league dropped from eight to seven teams with Sherman/Clymer merging with Panama. That prompt-ed the change in the playoff format. Now, all seven teams will be included in the sec-tional playoffs with the top overall seed getting a bye into the second round.

Livingston County, mean-while, has gone from three generally five-team divisions to two eight-team

Please see Overview, page 9


Bolivar-RichburgWolverines

Head coachSteve Smith1st year0-0-0

Livingston Co. Div. III

NoteworthySenior RB Andrew Morris returns from a broken ankle in Game 1 a year ago.B-R has added a modified team.

2014 in reviewB-R defense gave 34 points a game while the offense was held scoreless three times.

Players to watch

Hunter Evingham

Michael Rickicki

Jacob Smith

RB-LB Charles Bolon Jr. 5-10 160

QB-LB Hunter Evingham Sr. 6-1 195OG-DT Michael Rickicki Sr. 5-10 205

RB-DB Jacob Smith Jr. 6-0 185TE-LB Carter Johnson So. 6-0 160SE-DB Devin Carr Jr. 6-0 165T-DT Dawson Dunbar Jr. 6-2 220

Allegany-LimestoneGators

Head coachPaul Furlong5th year (at A-L)13-21

WNY Class C South

NoteworthyThe Gators return most of their skilled positions ... will need to fill holes on the line ... have a strong sophomore class that will contribute.

2014 in reviewOffensive struggles led to A-L going 0-8, its worst year since 2007; scored just 50 total points.

Players to watch

Jordan Kayes

RB-LB Zach Bierfeldt Sr. 5-9 170RB-LB Jordan Kayes Sr. 5-10 165DB-WR Tyler Hines Sr. 6-0 175

QB-S Holden Farr Sr. 5-11 170OL-DL Hunter Ayers Sr. 6-0 270TE-DE Nick DeRose Sr. 6-0 185OL-DL Quinten Peck Sr. 5-11 270FB-LB Marcus Grove Jr. 5-10 205

OL-DE Pat Walsh Fr. 6-0 190

Zach Bierfeldt

Marcus Grove

Big 30 going ‘old school’ for a new look

overview



leagues. Wellsville, a Class C school, will be a Division I team while Cuba-Rushford and Bolivar-Richburg, Class D programs, will be Division II teams.

Other amendments include:

WNY Class B: Will go from a seven-team to a five-team league with East Aurora shifting over to WNY Class B East and Eden dropping its program for the 2015 season. Olean and Pioneer will each only play six regular-season games.

District 10, Region 5: Bradford High’s league will go from a five-team to a six-team division, keeping its same five members from last year and adding Conneaut.

The Allegheny Mountain League (District 9 Pennsy programs) and WNY Class C South (home of Allegany-Limestone and Salamanca) will remain unchanged in the coming season.

The AML FactorIt was one of the most

noted early storylines from last season.

For the first four weeks of the 2014 campaign, the Allegheny Mountain League’s two divisions played exclusively inter-league contests, with the South holding a dominant edge over the North.

The final numbers? They’re staggering.

The AML South went a perfect 20-0 versus the North, winning those games by an average score of 38.3 to 7.4 (the total score was 766-148). Along the way, the South posted six shutouts while only giving up more than two scores on one occasion (Elk County Catholic’s 50-23 triumph over Sheffield).

Some of the North teams improved tremendously as the year wore along, and not just by virtue of playing each other. Cameron County, for instance, won four of its final

See Overtime, page 9

Cardinals with third straight state championshipBy JIM MELAROOlean Times Herald

It was about a dozen years ago when former Randolph Central School football coach Pat Slater made a bold statement.

During a preseason foot-ball trip in 2003, the mostly-subdued Cardinal mentor let the following slip, “I look at the kids we have in the (school) system now and I see some pretty good ath-letes all way down through the fifth grade.”

It would appear Slater underestimated the toddlers

who were attending some elementary school grades at the time.

Randolph became the first area football team on either side of the Big 30 border to capture a state championship taking the New York State Class D title in 2005. But Slater was looking down the road to 2012.

The Cardinals now own five state crowns, including the last three in Class D.

A year ago, Brent Brown, who replaced Slater on the Cardinals sidelines after the 2012 season, opened the year with a 24-12 loss to Maple Grove.

One might have gotten the notion that the magic, after 23 straight victories and a pair of state titles might be over.

But five Big 30 All-Star selections, including Offensive Player of the Year,

quarterback Bryce Morrison, wouldn’t hear of it.

Twelve games later, after dispatching Chester in one of the most entertaining games of the NYS Championship weekend, the Cardinals owned their fourth state championship plaque, cour-tesy of a 48-41 win that was not decided until Morrison intercepted a Chester pass in the final 20 seconds.

Randolph’s postseason run last year lifted the Cardinals record in cham-pionship tournaments since 1979, the first year Section 6 held its postseason class tournament, to an amaz-ing 30-13, and its mark in regional and state competi-tion to 15-2.

But the Cardinals weren’t the only Big 30 team to cel-ebrate a postseason title in a season ago.

Also in Section 6, Portville capped a 5-4 campaign by winning two games in the section’s Class DD tournament.

And while the Panthers ended their season with a 33-14 win over Frewsburg at Ralph Wilson Stadium, that was as far as they could go because Section 6 only sent its Class D winner to the state tournament.

Meanwhile, on the Pennsylvania side of the Big 30 border, Kane came six points away from going 9-0 in the regular season.

The Wolves dropped a trio of one-point decisions after opening the year 4-0.

Coach Todd Silfies’ squad lost to Ridgway (21-20), Curwensville (7-6) and Elk County Catholic (13-12) before running off three more wins to capture the District 9 Class A crown.

A 50-14 loss to Sharpsville in the first round of the PIAA Class A tournament ended the year for Kane at 9-4.

See Playoff review, page 14

Playoff review


Randolph led way in 2014

Head coachChris Fee3rd year10-7

NoteworthyRebels return nine start-ers from ‘14, including RB Jake Jones, who emerged late ... have 4 of 5 linemen back ... will have new QB in Juiliano

2014 in reviewC-R overcame a 1-4 start to win final four games, including the Sec. 5, Class DD Bowl.

Patrick Neu

Cuba-RushfordRebels Livingston Co. Div. III

Players to watch

Jake Jones

FB-LB Andrew Fair Sr. 5-8 185RB-LB Jake Jones Sr. 5-8 160WR-CB Simon Glogouski Sr. 5-9 165

OG-DE Patrick Neu Sr. 5-10 195OT-DT Noah Decker Jr. 6-2 245 OG-DT Jake Hardy Jr. 5-10 235OL-DE Joe Sherlock Jr. 6-0 215RB-CB Trevor Smith So. 5-9 160

QB-DB Rylee Juiliano Sr. 5-7 140OL-DL Noah Alles Sr. 5-10 175

Andrew Fair

CoudersportFalcons

Head coachBen Cary1st year0-0

AML North Division

NoteworthyCary was a Big 30 all-star QB for the Falcons. A young group took its lumps in ‘14 but returns with more experience

2014 in reviewCoudy (1-8) endured its worst season in 33 years and third straight below .500.

Players to watch

Darren Keglovits

G-DE Luke Barshinger Sr. 6-1 175TE-DE Jared Green So. 6-0 180QB Darren Keglovits Sr. 6-1 170

RB-CB Derek Keglovits So. 5-9 150G-DT Logan Labar Sr. 5-8 175RB-LB Zach Layag Jr. 5-9 175T-DT Anderson Nicka Sr. 6-0 215WR-CB Nevada Waterman Sr. 5-9 140

RB-OLB Chase Whitman So. 5-10 185WR-CB Aaron Wolfinger Jr. 5-9 150

Anderson Nicka

Nevada Waterman


Here’s a rundown of scores for Big 30 teams in the postseason a year ago:

SECTION 6, CLASS C QUARTERFINALCleveland Hill 24, Salamanca 6

SECTION 6, CLASS D SEMIFINALFranklinville/Ellicottville 28, Catt-Little Valley 8Randolph 30, Panama 0

SECTION 6, CLASS D CHAMPIONSHIPRandolph 28, Franklinville/Ellicottville 0

SECTION 6, CLASS DD SEMIFINALPortville 26, Westfield/Brocton 0

SECTION 6, CLASS DD CHAMPIONSHIPPortville 33, Frewsburg 14

SECTION 6, CLASS ‘B’ BOWL SEMIFINALAlden 14, Olean High 6

SECTION 6 , ‘C’ BOWL SEMIFINALWilson 27, Allegany-Limestone 14

NEW YORK STATE CLASS DFAR WEST REGIONAL

Randolph 19, Red Jacket 12

NEW YORK STATE CLASS D SEMIFINALRandolph 20, Tioga 8

NEW YORK STATE CLASS D CHAMPIONSHIP

Randolph 48, Chester 41

SECTION 5, CLASS C BOWL SEMIFINALHolley 27, Wellsville 12

SECTION 5, CLASS DD BOWL SEMIFINAL

Cuba-Rushford 14, Canisteo-Greenwood 13

SECTION 5, CLASS DD BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP

Cuba-Rushford 16, Warsaw 13

DISTRICT 9, CLASS A QUARTERFINALSKane 39, Elk County Catholic 0Union 18, Ridgway 14

DISTRICT 9, CLASS A SEMIFINALKane 18, Clarion 8

DISTRICT 9, CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIPKane 33, Brockway 14

PIAA CLASS A FIRST ROUNDSharpsville 50, Kane 14

ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Ridgway 28, Cameron County 21

In all, eight Big 30 teams combined for a record of 11-6 in championship tour-naments a year ago. This mark does not include con-solation bracket games or league championship games.

Over the last 40 years, Big 30 teams have gone 261-286 in postseason action, includ-ing a mark of 42-43 in state tournaments.

THE POSTSEASON records listed for each Big 30 team below do not include league playoff and/or cham-pionship games or consola-tion postseason contests, such as the ‘D’ bowl games in Section 6 or the pool play games in Section 5:

New York Section 5Bolivar/Bolivar-Richburg

(9-17), Cuba/Cuba-Rushford (7-12-1), Wellsville (8-17).

New York Section 6Allegany/Allegany-

Limestone (5-10), Cattaraugus/Cattaraugus-Little Valley (5-10), Ellicottville (13-13), Franklinville/Franklinville-Ellicottville (4-6), Gowanda (7-9), Hinsdale (4-4), Limestone (1-0), Little Valley (1-0), Olean High (10-6), Pioneer (8-7), Portville (13-16), Randolph (30-13), Salamanca (22-15), West Valley (1-2).

New York State Regionals and Final Four

Bolivar-Richburg (1-1), Cattaraugus/Cattaraugus-Little Valley (0-1), Ellicottville (1-1), Gowanda (0-2), Olean High (0-2), Pioneer (0-3), Portville (0-1), Randolph (15-2), Salamanca (3-5), Wellsville (0-1).

Pennsylvania District 9Bradford High (5-6),

Cameron County (9-4), Coudersport (19-10), Elk County Catholic (3-11), Johnsonburg (3-5), Kane (10-8), Port Allegany (8-10), Ridgway (1-6), Ridgway/Johnsonburg (0-1), Sheffield (0-1), Smethport (11-9), St. Marys Public (1-2).

Pennsylvania District 10Eisenhower (9-7), Sheffield

(0-1), Youngsville (0-2)

Pennsylvania state tournament

Bradford High (4-6), Cameron County (2-2), Coudersport (1-4), Eisenhower (1-2), Kane (2-2), Port Allegany (4-2), Smethport (9-6).


Franklinville-EvilleTitans

Head coachChad Bartoszek3rd year12-6

WNY Class D

NoteworthyThe Franklinville-Ellicottville merger’s second year brings a new nickname and uniform with colors from both schools.

2014 in review5-1 league, 8-2 overall; lost at ‘The Ralph’ in the WNY Class D title game to Randolph, 28-0

Players to watch

QB Tom Easton Sr. 6-1 190OL-LB William Bays Sr. 6-1 185RB-DB Caleb Rinko Sr. 5-9 165

RB-DL Jonas Hurlburt Sr. 5-11 185TE-LB Preston Hutchinson Jr. 6-0 185OL-DL Zach Rathbun Jr. 6-2 290WR-DB Nick Delity Sr. 5-6 145OL-DE Jacob Rowland Sr. 5-10 165

TE-LB Andrew Quinn Sr. 5-11 165OL-DL Liam Watt Jr. 6-0 300

TomEaston

WilliamBays

CalebRinko

playoff review Elk County CatholicCrusaders

Head coachTony Gerg3rd year8-12

AML South Division

Noteworthy“We have an unusual offense,” Gerg said. “We run the old-time single wing. ECC isn’t a football school, it’s a basketball school, and the kids are smart, good with their hands and can pass ... they’re perfect for this offense.

2014 in reviewECC followed an 0-9 campaign with an 8-3 record that included a win over Kane.

C/LB Mitchell Cashmer Jr. 5-7 185RB Nate Dacanal Jr. 6-0 145RB-DB Brad Dippold Sr. 6-0 180

OL-LB Andy Geci Sr. 5-9 165RB-LB Ryan Heary Jr. 5-11 165TE/DE Kyle Huff Sr. 6-4 190G-DE Joe Kucenski Sr. 6-2 235C-DT Doug Schatz Sr. 6-2 175

RB-LB Dan Stauffer Sr. 6-1 175FB-LB Noah Werner Sr. 5-7 170

Outlook“We only have 22 players (grades 10-12),” Gerg admitted, “but every one of them is a varsity-level athlete. Most of our players will go both ways and the six seniors and 10 juniors were part of last season’s success.”

By JIM MELAROOlean Times Herald

There’s little doubt, high school football is one of the most anticipated seasons for Big 30 sports fans.

Every year, fans will circle certain dates on their cal-endars, looking forward to rivalry matchups.

Then, as the seasons progress, fans will also look forward to games that have playoff implications.

Hence, we’ve looked ahead to the 2015 Big 30 football campaign and put together a list of games we feel should draw big crowds and tons of interest.

Here we go, from Week 1 through Week 10, the top games to watch::

WEEK ONESept. 4Bradford High at St. Marys Public, 7 p.m.

A year ago, the Dutchmen won a close one, 19-14, at Parkway Field. It would be the least number of points the Owls would give up in a single game during a 2-8 campaign. St. Marys, on the other hand, would go on to finish with an 8-4 mark and a trip to the District 9 Class AA title game where Karns City won, 49-12

Cattaraugus-Little Valley at Portville, 7 p.m.

The Timberwolves pre-vailed when the two teams met in Week 5 a year ago, 26-7. While each team finished 2014 with a record of 5-4, it would

be Portville ending with a little more to cheer about as the Panthers capped their year with a 33-14 win over Frewsburg in the Section 6 Class DD title game at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Just one of a handful of Big 30 games

involving Class D teams that still draws a good crowd.

East Aurora/Holland atOlean High, 7 p.m.

When the two teams met in Week 5 a year ago, East Aurora beat Olean High,

28-6. The loss would be the first of four in a row for what would be a 4-4 season for the Huskies. This year, East Aurora has been bumped into Section 6 Class B

See Games to watch, page 17


KaneWolves

Head coachTodd Silfies4th year27-9

AML South Division

NoteworthyA bizarre aspect to the Wolves’ season was three one-point losses (Ridgway/ Johnsonburg, Curwensville and Elk County Catholic), otherwise Kane would have entered the District 9 Class A playoffs with a 12-0 record.

2014 in reviewKane (9-4) won four straight games before losing to Sharpsville in D-9 A final.

RB/DB Ange Costanzo So. 5-6 160RB-LB Eric Delong So. 5-10 190Ol/DL Toby Fox Jr. 6-0 240QB/CB Shane Rolick Sr. 5-10 180RB-DB Tyler Rolick Sr. 5-10 180 C/DE Jake Shrubb Sr. 5-9 220OL/DL Anthony Smith So. 5-8 230RB-LB Keaton Rounsville Jr. 6-3 260WR/CB Tyler Weidenhoff Sr. 5-11 180QB/DB Reed Williams So. 6-1 165

Outlook“We have five or six starters back on each side of the ball that won our sec-ond District 9 championship,” Silfies said, “but we also have a lot of uncer-tainty and some real battles at both quarterback and tailback.”

The playbookA week-by-week look at the top games to watch in the Big 30

Jim Melaro/Olean Times HeraldOlean High and its veteran line will line up against long-time rival Bradford High in Week 4.



Central, meaning this will be a non-league contest for both squads. Had EA remained in the Class B South Division, OHS coach Mike Kane indicated that everybody would be chasing the Blue Devils for the league’s regular-season crown.

WEEK TWOSept. 11Bolivar-Richburgat Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m.

Interesting Livingston County Division II matchup which will see former B-R coach Dave Baron on the C-R sidelines as an assistant for Rebels coach Chris Fee. C-R won in Week 3 a year ago, 46-8.

Franklinville-Ellicottvilleat Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m.

It was a wide-open offensive assault from both teams in their Week 6 matchup a year ago. Franklinville-Ellicottville, which has adopted a new mascot for this year (the merged squad will now be called the Titans), won the high-scoring affair, 56-20.

Olean High at Pioneer, 7 p.m.Pioneer prevailed in their regular-

season finale for both teams a year ago, 14-6. It was a year that saw Pioneer start slow (0-4) and go on to win a pair of matchup games to fin-ish 5-4, OHS, on the other hand, got off to a fast start (4-0) and stumbled to a 4-4 campaign.

WEEK THREESept. 18Falconer-Cassadaga Valleyat Allegany-Limestone, 7 p.m.

The Gators will look to reverse a 14-0 loss on the road a year ago. A-L topped Falconer-CV two years ago (46-6) and three years ago (19-6).

Portville at Franklinville/Ellicottville, 7 p.m.Then known as the Eagles when

they played their home games in Ellicottville and the Panthers when they hosted an opponent in Franklinville, F-E capped a 7-1 regular season with a dominating 48-13 win Portville a year ago. This time around, Portville gets to play at home where they won, 19-8, two years ago.

WEEK FOURSept. 25Olean High at Bradford High, 7 p.m.

This is the granddaddy of Big 30 rivalries. This series dates back to 1893. The series has been interrupted only twice in over 120 years. The Huskies won at Bradner Stadium last fall, 35-19.

Ridgway at Coudersport, 7 p.m.Played in Ridgway, the South

Division Elker squad dominated, 42-6. The Falcone host at CARP Field this year.

WEEK FIVEOct. 2Allegany-Limestone at Salamanca, 7 p.m.

These two long-time Class C rival-ries narrowly escaped talks of a co-op for this year just a week before a Section 6 deadline dictated a decision had to be made in time to rework the schedules for a good share of Class C teams. Both squad are expected to be treading water with light numbers threatening to cancel their respective seasons. Salamanca won on the road last year, 27-12.

Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake at Randolph, 7 p.m.

No two teams have dominated a single Section 6 class since 1994 like Maple Grove and Randolph. The Cardinals have played Maple Grove in the Class C or D semifinals and finals 11 times. Since 1994, Maple Grove owns a 20-10 advantage in head-to-head matchups while Randolph has gone on to capture eight sectional crowns and five state titles.

And while Maple Grove, located in Bemus Point, has since signed on in a co-op with Chautauqua Lake, six miles to the East in Mayville, Randolph has defied the odds, bat-tling shrinking enrollment figures, and stood on its own. To be sure, any time these two meet, one thing is guaranteed … the fans will witness an epic game, one that will put the abili-ties of more than a handful of soon-to-be-All-Stars on display with banner headlines awaiting the following day. There’s absolutely no reason to think this game will be any different. Get there early because premium parking will disappear in a hurry.

See Games to watch, page 42

games to watch


Over the last two years, followers of Big 30 football have seen either extreme in terms of changes within the coaching ranks.

In 2013, eight of the then-22 Big 30 gridiron programs brought on a new coach -- though two of them, Salamanca’s Jason Marsh and Allegany-Limestone’s Paul Furlong, had been the bosses at those programs before -- the area’s largest turnover in at least 10 years.

In 2014, however, that number was just one – Justin Bienkowski at Port Allegany – the lowest figure since 2007, when only Sheffield had made a change.

This fall, the number of new coaches in the now-21 team Big 30 sits directly in the middle as four new

faces, all of them true first-year guys, will be calling the shots from the sideline. Those new bosses, three of whom are graduates of the schools they’re now coach-ing at, are:

Ben CaryCoudersport

Cary takes over for Chris Fink, who went 21-26 in five years with the Falcons, including a magnum opus 9-2 campaign in 2011 that ended in the District 9 semi-finals. A two-year starting quarterback with the Falcons and a 2002 Big 30 all-star, Cary had served in recent years as an assistant on Fink’s staff.

Paul HaleySalamanca

Haley replaces Jason Marsh, who logged 40 wins and 39 losses in nine years

from 2005-14 (he didn’t coach the 2012 season), the highlights being a pair of 6-1 regular seasons in ‘11 and ‘13 and a lone playoff vic-tory in 2007. A Salamanca alum and 1993 Big 30 all-star, Haley has been involved with Salamanca youth football since 2000 and was the Warriors’ JV coach for the last three years.

Nick LaBellaOtto-Eldred

LaBella will be the third coach at Otto-Eldred since Kerry Snow stepped down after a long stay in 2007. He takes the reins from Virgil Graham, another O-E alum who went 15-35 in five years at the helm, with a pair of 4-6 seasons in 2013 and ‘14.

LaBella spent a hand-ful of years on former Port Allegany coach Mike Bodamer’s staff in the mid- to-late 2000s and was also an assistant baseball coach at St. Bonaventure.

Steve SmithBolivar-Richburg

Smith takes over for Dave Baron, who until he stepped down was the fourth-longest tenured coach, at 14 years, in the Big 30. In that time, Baron went 48-70, with a tremendous first seven cam-paigns (40-24) and a trying latter seven (8-46).

Smith had been a long-time assistant to Baron, hav-ing experienced both the good years and bad along the way. He’ll bring continu-ity with Dustin Allen, anoth-er long-time Baron aide who will remain in his role as offensive coordinator.

Baron, meanwhile, will serve as an assistant this Fall to Cuba-Rushford coach Chris Fee.

WITH TWO more men-tors — Marsh and Baron — who had been around for

See Coaches, page 44


The Record Makersn Won-loss records of the Big 30 coaches

Gary Swetland Mike Kane

Portville’s Gary Swetland heads into the 2015 season as the winningest active Big 30 coach

Allegany-Limestone Paul Furlong (5)# 23-23

The won-loss records of the current head coaches in the Big 30. School, followed by name, years coaching (not including upcoming season), and record.

Bradford High Jeff Puglio (6) 25-35

Bolivar-Richburg Steve Smith (1st year) 0-0

Cameron County Mike Kunes (2) 7-13

Cattaraugus-Little Valley Tim Miller (20) 85-92

Cuba-Rushford Chris Fee (2) 10-7

Coudersport Ben Cary (1st year) 0-0

Elk County Catholic Tony Gerg (2) 8-12

Franklinville-Ellicottville Chad Bartoszek (2) 12-6

Olean High Mike Kane (26) 124-101-3

Pioneer Jim Duprey (13) 56-58

Portville Gary Swetland (23) 129-77-1

Ridgway Mark Heindl (8) 29-42

Sheffield David Fitch (3) 10-21

St. Marys Public Tony Defilippi (10)& 52-56

Kane Todd Silfies (3) 27-9

Otto-Eldred Nick LaBella (1st year) 0-0

Port Allegany Justin Bienkowski (1) 3-6

Randolph Brent Brown (3) 24-1

Salamanca Paul Haley (1st year) 0-0

Smethport Jim Berlin (3) 13-16

# — Previously coached Gators for two seasons from 2008-09 (9-8 record), and at Salamanca (72) in 2012.

& — Previously coached 1999-2003 at St. Marys and 2005-08 at Cameron County.

Four new coaches for the Big 30Coudersport, Salamanca, Otto-Eldred, Bolivar-Richburg with changes

Wellsville Wayne Stonemetz (2) 4-13

Schedules 201519 MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015OLEAN TIMES HERALD

Sports fans now have forum to discuss ... SPORTS

By JIM MELAROOlean Times Herald

OLEAN — Area fans will now have a place to sound off about their favorite topic of discussion ... sports.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a player, team, game, highlight, league decision or playoff matchup, if it’s some-thing you have an opinion about, you can let your voice be heard.

Be careful, however. Fans who get too loud or out of hand may end up spending some time in the ‘penalty box.’

It’s all part of the enter-tainment factor hosts Jim Melaro, Blaise O’Connor and Chad Bader hope to bring to the show every Monday night when fans will have the opportunity to get together at Hammer Back Bar and Grill to talk sports.

“We’re going to attempt to have a panel of special guests each week who will address the important issues in the local world of sports and athletics,” O’Connor noted. “We want to make this a place where area sports fans can sound off about their favorite teams.

“It’s football season so we expect a lot of talk about the Big 30 and the Buffalo Bills.”

Beyond that, the panel’s desire is to be open to dis-cuss just about anything and everything that deals with the local sports scene ... from the Olean Oilers to the Enchanted Mountain Hellbilly Heartbreakers to the Allegany-Limestone Gators to the Bonnies.

“We’re going to plan a trivia contest each week,” O’Connor said. “We’re going to have an open mic so fans can direct questions to the panel.

“And, yes, if somebody gets too loud, they will get flagged or whistled for a penalty.”

“We’ve lined up a list of guests who we feel will lend an expert look at the what fans want to talk about,” O’Connor added. “We want fans to enjoy the show and come back week after week.”

Here’s a list of guests lined up for the first four weeks of the show:

WEEK 1 — Aug. 31: Bradford High coach Jeff Puglio and Olean High coach Mike Kane will discuss the Big 30 season opening and

their rivalry matchup the fourth week of the season.

WEEK 2 — Sept. 7: Olean Times Herald sports editor Chuck Pollock and Buffalo News reporter Tyler Dunne will talk about the Buffalo Bills off season and the antic-ipation for the 2015 season.

WEEK 3 — Sept. 14: Lori Chase (Port Allegany Reporter Argus) and Neil Linderman (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) will talk about the Bills’ opener.

WEEK 4 — Sept. 21: St. Bonaventure baseball coach Larry Sudbrook and Olean Oilers’ owner Brian O’Connell Jr. will be on hand to talk about the Oilers’ NYCBL Championship, the MLB’s Cy Young and MVP candidates and Sudbrook’s upcoming induction to the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame on Nov. 1.

Good Times of Olean set to host ‘Sports Junkies’ show on Mondays

INSIDEBig 30 — 2014 results and 2015 schedules, pages 20, 21 and 22Radio-TV listings — High school and college, page 24; NFL, page 28College — NCAA Division I-A schedules, pages 26, 27 and 28NFL — Pro schedules, team-by-team and weekly, page 29 and 30

The Southern Tier Sports Junkies, hosted by (from left) Blaise O’Connor and Jim Melaro debuts on Monday, Aug. 31, at Hammer Back Bar and Grill. The two-hour sports symposium will run on Monday nights throughout the NFL season.


ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE2014 record: 0-8

0 Silver Creek/Forestville 28 7 Southwestern 17 0 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley 14 0 Gowanda 1312 Salamanca 2714 Portville 26 3 Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake 5014 Wilson-a 27

a - Section 6, Class C Bowl semifinal

2015: Paul FurlongSeptember

4 — vs. Westfield/Brocton, 7 p.m.11 — at Southwestern, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, 7 p.m.25 — at Gowanda/Pine Valley, 7 p.m. (at G)

October 2 — at Salamanca, 7 p.m. 9 — vs. Portville, 7 p.m.16 — at Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m.

BOLIVAR-RICHBURG2014 record: 0-8

0 Canisteo-Greenwood 6 0 Geneseo 30 8 Cuba-Rushford 4613 Letchworth 20 0 Caledonia-Mumford 65 6 Warsaw 26 8 York 3819 Pembroke 42

2015: Steve SmithSeptember

4 — vs. Avon, 7:30 p.m. 11 — at Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m.18 — vs. York/Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.26 — at Canisteo-Greenwood, 1 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Geneseo, 7:30 p.m. 9 — at Perry, 7:30 p.m.16 — at Caledonia-Mumford, 7:30 p.m.

BRADFORD HIGH2014 record: 2-8

14 St. Marys Public 19 0 Oil City 3421 Meadville 4219 Olean High 3528 Erie Central 6433 Franklin 28 7 DuBois High 55 0 Conneaut 5747 Brookville 3427 Warren 36

2015: Jeff PuglioSeptember

4 — at St. Marys Public, 7 p.m.11 — at Oil City, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Meadville, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Olean High, 7 p.m.

October 3 — at Erie Central Tech, 7 p.m. 9 — vs. Franklin, 7 p.m.16 — at DuBois, 7 p.m.23 — at Conneaut, 7 p.m.30 — vs. Brookville, 7 p.m.

CAMERON COUNTY2014 record: 4-6

0 Kane 13 8 Ridgway/Johnsonburg 42 7 Brockway 3514 Curwensville 3245 Port Allegany 1641 Sheffield 1443 Smethport 640 Coudersport 724 Otto-Eldred 3221 Ridgway/Johnsonburg-aa - Allegheny Mountain League title game

2015: Mike KunesSeptember

4 — at Kane, 7 p.m.11 — vs. Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7 p.m.18 — at Brockway, 7:30 p.m. 25 — vs. Curwensville, 7 p.m.

October 3 — at Port Allegany, 1:30 p.m. 9 — vs. Sheffield, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Smethport, 7 p.m.23 — at Coudersport, 7 p.m.30 — vs. Otto-Eldred, 7 p.m.

CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY

2014 record: 5-427 Westfield/Brocton 2626 Panama 1412 Randolph 4128 Frewsburg 1226 Portville 720 Franklinville/Ellicottville 56 7 Silver Creek 2826 Cardinal O’Hara 6 8 Franklinville/Ellicottville-a 28a - Section 6 Class D semifinal

2015: Tim MillerSeptember

4 — at Portville, 7 p.m.11 — vs. Franklinville/Ellicottville, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Gowanda/Pine Valley, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Clymer/Sherman/Panama, 7 p.m.

October 2 — at Westfield/Brocton, 7 p.m. (at W) 9 — vs. Randolph, 7 p.m.16 — at Frewsburg, 7 p.m.

COUDERSPORT2014 record: 1-8

0 Elk County Catholic 32 0 Brockway 48 6 Curwensville 35 6 Ridgway/Johnsonburg 4223 Otto-Eldred 1218 Port Allegany 20 6 Sheffield 3617 Cameron County 40 7 Smethport 22

2015: Ben CareySeptember

5 — at Elk County Catholic, 7 p.m. 11 — vs. Brockway, 7 p.m.18 — at Curwensville, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7 p.m.

October 2 — at Otto-Eldred, 7 p.m. 9 — at Port Allegany, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Sheffield, 7 p.m.23 — vs. Cameron County, 7 p.m.30 — at Smethport, 7 p.m.

CUBA-RUSHFORD2014 record: 5-4

0 Bishop Kearney 5612 Warsaw 3246 Bolivar-Richburg 813 LeRoy 6135 Geneseo 4840 York 2227 Caledonia-Mumford 2214 Canisteo-Greenwood-a 1316 Warsaw-b 13a - Section 5 Class DD consolation semifinal

b - Section 5 Class DD consolation title

2015: Chris FeeSeptember

4 — vs. Geneseo, 7:30 p.m.11 — vs. Bolivar-Richburg, 7:30 p.m.19 — at Avon, 7:30 p.m. (at Caledonia-Mumford)25 — vs. Perry, 7:30 p.m.

October 2 — at Canisteo-Greenwood, 7:30 p.m. 9 — at Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. York/Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.

FRANKLINVILLE/ELLICOTTVILLE

2014 record: 8-233 Sherman-Clymer 1639 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley 037 Frewsburg 1450 Westfield/Brocton 0 0 Randolph 2856 Cattaraugus-Little Valley 2045 Buffalo Nichols 2048 Portville 1328 Cattaraugus-Little Valley-a 8 0 Randolph-b 28a - Section 6 Class D semifinalb - Section 6 Class D championship game

2015: Chad BartoszekSeptember

4 — vs. Randolph, 7 p.m. (at F)11 — at Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Portville, 7 p.m. (at E)25 — at Westfield/Brocton, 7 p.m. (at B)

October3 — at Clymer/Sherman/Panama, 1:30 p.m. (at P)9 — vs. Frewsburg, 7 p.m. (at F)16 — vs. Salamanca, 7 p.m. (at E)* At Franklinville** At Ellicottville

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC2014 record: 8-3

32 Coudersport 039 Port Allegany 053 Smethport 650 Sheffield 2320 Curwensville 13 7 Ridgway/Johnsonburg 3524 Northern Cambria 2013 Kane 1219 Brockway 17 0 St. Marys Public 37 0 Kane-a 39a - District 9 Class A quarterfinal

2015: Tony GergSeptember

5 — vs. Coudersport, 7 p.m.11 — at Port Allegany, 7 p.m.18 — at Smethport, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Sheffield, 7 p.m.

October 3 — vs. Curwensville, 1 p.m. 9 — at Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7 p.m. (at R)16 — at Northern Cambria, 7 p.m.24 — vs. Kane, 7 p.m. 30 — at Brockway, 7 p.m.

KANE2014 record: 9-4

13 Cameron County 042 Smethport 632 Sheffield 1842 Port Allegany 620 Ridgway/Johnsonburg 21 9 Brockway 7 6 Curwensville 712 Elk County Catholic 1348 Clarion-Limestone 639 Elk County Catholic-a 018 Clarion-b 8

33 Brockway-c 1414 Sharpsville-d 50

a - District 9 Class A quarterfinalb - District 9 Class A semifinal

c - District 9 Class A championshipd - PIAA Class A first round

2015: Todd SilfiesSeptember

4 — vs. Cameron County, 7 p.m. 11 — at Smethport, 7 p.m.19 — at Sheffield, 1:30 p.m. 25 — vs. Port Allegany, 7 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7 p.m. 9 — at Brockway, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. Curwensville, 7 p.m.24 — at Elk County Catholic, 7 p.m.

November 6 — vs. Clarion-Limestone, 7 p.m.

OLEAN HIGH2014 record: 4-4

20 Eden 1220 Springville 1835 Bradford High 1928 Dunkirk 6 6 East Aurora 2814 Fredonia 50 6 Pioneer 14 6 Alden-a 14a - Section 6 Class B Bowl semifinal

2015: Mike KaneSeptember

4 — vs. East Aurora/Holland, 7 p.m.11 — at Pioneer, 7 p.m. 18 — OPEN25 — at Bradford High, 7 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Fredonia, 7 p.m. 9 — at Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.16 — at Springville, 7 p.m.

Big 30 schedules: a glance back and a look ahead

Please see Big 30, page 21


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OTTO-ELDRED2014 record: 4-6

8 Sharpsville 4612 Curwensville 34 7 Ridgway/Johnsonburg 2813 Brockway 3312 Coudersport 2314 Smethport 3229 Port Allegany 2241 Sheffield 1432 Cameron County 24 8 Cowanesque Valley 6

2015: Phil LaBellaSeptember

5 — at Sharpsvillle, 1:30 p.m. 11 — vs. Curwensville, 7 p.m.18 — at Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7 p.m. (at J)25 — vs. Brockway, 7 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Coudersport, 7 p.m. 9 — at Smethport, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Port Allegany, 7 p.m.24 — at Sheffield, 1:30 p.m. 30 — at Cameron County, 7 p.m.

November 6 — vs. Cowanesque Valley, 7 p.m.

PIONEER2014 record: 5-4

0 Dunkirk 8 0 East Aurora 2116 Fredonia 2213 Springville 2218 Southwestern 2OT 1249 Eden 614 Olean High 642 Amherst 1450 Barker/Royalton-Hartland 8

2015: Jim DupreySeptember

4 — at Alden, 7 p.m. 11 — vs. Olean, 7 p.m.18 — at Fredonia, 7:30 p.m.25 — at Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Albion, 7 p.m. 9 — vs. Springville, 7 p.m.16 — OPEN

PORT ALLEGANY2014 record: 3-6

16 Curwensville 48 0 Elk County Catholic 3912 Moniteau 48 6 Kane 4216 Cameron County 4520 Coudersport 1822 Otto-Eldred 2926 7Smethport 1920 Sheffield 0

2015: Justin BienkowskiSeptember

4 — at Curwensville, 7 p.m. 11 — vs. Elk County Catholic, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Moniteau, 7 p.m.25 — at Kane, 7 p.m.

October 3 — vs. Cameron County, 1:30 p.m. 9 — vs. Coudersport, 7 p.m.16 — at Otto-Eldred, 7 p.m.23 — at Smethport, 7 p.m.30 — vs. Sheffield, 7 p.m.

PORTVILLE2014 record: 5-4

6 Randolph 4942 Sherman/Clymer 2014 Panama 21 7 Cattaraugus-Little Valley 2626 Allegany-Limestone 1442 Frewsburg 1213 Franklinville/Ellicottville 4826 Westfield/Brocton-a 033 Frewsburg-b 13a - Section 6 Class DD semifinalb - Section 6 Class DD championship

2015: Gary SwetlandSeptember

4 — vs. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m. 11 — at Westfield/Brocton, 7 p.m. (at W)18 — at Franklinville/Ellicottville, 7 p.m. (at E)25 — at Randolph, 7 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Frewsburg, 7:30 p.m. 9 — at Allegany-Limestone, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Clymer/Sherman/Panama, 7 p.m.

RANDOLPH2014 record: 12-1

12 Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake 2449 Portville 641 Cattaraugus-Little Valley 1242 Sherman/Clymer 028 Franklinville/Ellicottville 037 Panama 856 Westfield/Brocton 649 Frewsburg 030 Panama-a 028 Franklinville/Ellicottville-b 019 Red Jacket-c 1220 Tioga-d 848 Chester-e 41a - Section Class D semifinalb - Section 6 Class D championshipc - New York Class D Far West Regionald - New York State Class D semifinale - New York State Class D championship

2015: Brent BrownSeptember

4 — at Franklinville-Ellicottville, 7 p.m. (at F)11 — at Frewsburg, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Clymer/Sherman/Panama, 7 p.m. 25 — vs. Portville, 7 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake, 7 p.m. 9 — at Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Westfield/Brocton, 7 p.m.

RIDGWAY/JOHNSONBURG2014 record: 9-2

48 Sheffield 042 Cameron County 828 Otto-Eldred 742 Coudersport 621 Kane 2035 Elk County Catholic 728 Brockway 14 7 Union 3240 Curwensville 2828 Cameron County-a 2114 Union-b 18a - Allegheny Mountain title gameb - District 9 Class A quarterfinal

2015: Mark HeindlSeptember

4 — vs. Sheffield, 7 p.m. (at J)11 — at Cameron County, 7 p.m.

18 — vs. Otto-Eldred, 7 p.m. (at J)25 — at Coudersport, 7 p.m.

October 2 — at Kane, 7 p.m. 9 — vs. Elk County Catholic, 7 p.m. (at R)16 — at Brockway, 7:30 p.m.23 — at Union, 7 p.m.30 — vs. Curwensville, 7 p.m. (at R)

November6 -- St. Marys, 7 p.m.

SALAMANCA2014 record: 3-5

39 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley 2613 Lackawanna 0 0 Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake 4220 Southwestern 4227 Allegany-Limestone 1228 Gowanda 3616 Springville 34 6 Cleveland Hill-a 24a - Section 6 Class C quarterfinal

2015: Paul HaleySeptember

5 — at Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, 1:30 p.m. (at CV)11 — vs. Lackawanna, 7 p.m.18 — at Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m. (at M)25 — vs. Southwestern, 7 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Allegany-Limestone, 7 p.m. 9 — at Gowanda/Pine Valley, 7 p.m. (at G)16 — at Franklinville/Ellicottville, 7 p.m. (at E)

SHEFFIELD2014 record: 2-8

0 Ridgway/Johnsonburg 48 0 Clarion 6818 Kane 3223 Elk County Catholic 5032 Smethport 3314 Cameron County 4136 Coudersport 614 Otto-Eldred 41 0 Port Allegany 2022 Eisenhower 21

2015: Dave FitchSeptember

4 — vs. Ridgway, 7 p.m. (at Johnsonburg)

12 — vs. Clarion, 1:30 p.m. 19 — vs. Kane, 1:30 p.m. 25 — at Elk County Catholic, 7 p.m.

October 3 — vs. Smethport, 1:30 p.m. 9 — at Cameron County, 7 p.m.16 — at Coudersport, 7 p.m.24 — vs. Otto-Eldred, 1:30 p.m. 30 — at Port Allegany, 7 p.m.

November 7 — vs. Eisenhower, 1:30 p.m.

SMETHPORT2014 record: 4-5

0 Brockway 38 6 Kane 42 6 Elk County Catholic 5346 Clarion-Limestone 3233 Sheffield 3232 Otto-Eldred 14 6 Cameron County 4319 Port Allegany 2622 Coudersport 7

2015: Jim BerlinSeptember

4 — at Brockway, 7:30 p.m. 11 — vs. Kane, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Elk County Catholic, 7 p.m.25 — at Clarion-Limestone, 7 p.m.

October 3 — at Sheffield, 1:30 p.m. 9 — vs. Otto-Eldred, 7 p.m.16 — at Cameron County, 7 p.m.23 — vs. Port Allegany, 7 p.m.30 — vs. Coudersport, 7 p.m.

ST. MARYS PUBLIC2014 record: 8-4

19 Bradford 1423 A-C Valley 0 0 Karns City 4256 Keystone 3026 Brookville 750 Clarion-Limestone 1821 Punxsutawney 28 0 Clarion 4125 Moniteau 637 Elk County Catholic 0

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Continued from page 21 7 Moniteau-a 612 Karns City-b 49a - District 9 Class AA semifinalb - District 9 Class AA championship

2015: Tony DefilippiSeptember

4 — vs. Bradford High, 7 p.m. 11 — vs. A-C Valley, 7 p.m.18 — at Karns City, 7 p.m.25 — at Keystone, 7 p.m.

October 2 — vs. Brookville, 7 p.m. 9 — vs. Clarion-Limestone, 7 p.m.16 — at Punxsutawney, 7 p.m.23 — vs. Clarion, 7 p.m.30 — at Moniteau, 7 p.m.

November6 -- at Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7 p.m.

WELLSVILLE2014 record: 0-8

6 Wayland-Cohocton 820 Batavia 57 6 Penn Yan 3412 Bath 56 8 Livonia 4912 Dansville 2814 Hornell 3712 Holley-a 27a - Section 5 Class C consolation semifinal

2015: Wayne StonemetzSeptember

4 — vs. Bath-Haverling, 7:30 p.m. 11 — at Livonia, 7:30 p.m.18 — vs. Letchworth/Warsaw, 7:30 p.m.25 — at Dansville, 7:30 p.m.

October 2 — at Wayland-Cohocton, 7:30 p.m. 9 — vs. Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. Hornell, 7:30 p.m.

AVONSeptember

4 — at Bolivar-Richburg, 7:30 p.m.11 — at Perry, 7:30 p.m.19 — vs. Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m. (at Caledonia-Mumford,)25 — at Geneseo, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — at Caledonia-Mumford, 7:30 p.m.9 — vs. York, at SUNY-Brockport, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Canisteo-Greenwood, 7:30 p.m. (at Perry)

BATH-HAVERLINGSeptember

4 — at Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.11 — vs. Wayland-Cohocton, 7:30 p.m.18 — at Livonia, 7:30 p.m.25 — at LeRoy, 7:30 p.m.

October3 — vs. Letchworth, 1:30 p.m.10 — vs. Hornell, 1:30 p.m.17 — at Dansville, 2 p.m.

BROCKWAYSeptember

4 — vs. Smethport, 7:30 p.m.11 — at Coudersport, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Cameron County, 7:30 p.m.25 — at Otto-Eldred, 7 p.m.

October2 — vs. Clearfield, 7 p.m.9 — vs. Kane, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7:30 p.m.23 — at Curwensville, 7 p.m.30 — vs. Elk County Catholic, 7 p.m.

November6 — at Mercer, 7 p.m.

CALEDONIA-MUMFORDSeptember

5 — at Perry, 7:30 p.m.11 — at Canisteo-Greenwood, 7:30 p.m.18 — vs. Geneseo, 7:30 p.m.25 — at York, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — vs. Avon, 7:30 p.m.9 — vs. LeRoy, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. Bolivar-Richburg, 7:30 p.m.

CANISTEO-GREENWOODSeptember

4 — vs. York/Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.11 — vs. Caledonia-Mumford, 7:30 p.m.18 — at Perry, 7:30 p.m.26 — vs. Bolivar-Richburg, 1 p.m.

October2 — vs. Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m.9 — at Geneseo, 7:30 p.m.16 — at Avon, at Perry, 7:30 p.m.

CLYMER/SHERMAN/PANAMASeptember

5 — vs. Frewsburg, at Clymer, 1:30 p.m. 11 — vs. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, 1:30 p.m. (at S) 18 — at Randolph, 7 p.m.25 — at Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m.

October3 — vs. Franklinville/Ellicottville, 1:30 p.m. (at C)10 — vs. Westfield/Brocton, 1:30 p.m. (at P) 16 — at Portville, 7 p.m.

CONNEAUTSeptember

4 — vs. Northwestern, 7 p.m.11 — at Franklin, 7 p.m.18 — vs. DuBois, 7 p.m.25 — at Erie Strong Vincent, 7 p.m.

October2 — vs. General McLane, 7 p.m.9 — at Meadville, 7 p.m.16 — at Mercer, 7 p.m.23 — vs. Bradford High, 7 p.m.30 — at Erie Central Tech, 7 p.m.

November6 — vs. Oil City, 7 p.m.

CURWENSVILLESeptember

4 — vs. Port Allegany, 7 p.m.11 — at Otto-Eldred, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Coudersport, 7 p.m.25 — at Cameron County, 7 p.m.

October3 — at Elk County Catholic, 1 p.m.9 — vs. Redbank Valley, 7 p.m.16 — at Kane, 7 p.m.23 — vs. Brockway, 7 p.m.30 — at Ridgway/Johnsonburg, 7 p.m.

November6 — at Blairsville, 7 p.m.

DANSVILLESeptember

4 — vs. Wayland-Cohocton, 7:30 p.m.12 — at LeRoy, 1:30 p.m.18 — at Hornell, 7:30 p.m.25 — vs. Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — at Livonia, 7:30 p.m.9 — vs. Letchworth/Warsaw, 7:30 p.m.17 — vs. Bath-Haverling, 2 p.m.

DUBOISSeptember

4 — vs. Mifflin County, 7 p.m.11 — vs. Meadville, 7 p.m.18 — at Conneaut, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Erie Cathedral Prep, 7 p.m.

October2 — vs. Punxsutawney, 7 p.m.9 — at Oil City, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Bradford High, 7 p.m.23 — at Franklin, 7 p.m.30 — at General McLane, 7 p.m.

November6 — at Karns City, 7 p.m.

DUNKIRKSeptember

4 — at Depew, 7:30 p.m.12 — OPEN18 — at East Aurora/Holland, 7 p.m. (at E)25 — vs. Pioneer, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — at Springville, 7 p.m.9 — vs. Olean High, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. Fredonia, 7:30 p.m.

FALCONER/CASSADAGA VALLEYSeptember

5 — vs. Salamanca, 1:30 p.m. (at C)12 — at Clymer/Sherman/Panama, 1:30 p.m. (at S) 18 —at Allegany-Limestone, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake, 7 p.m. (at F)

October3 — vs. Gowanda/Pine Valley, 1:30 p.m. (at C) 9 — vs. Kennedy, at Falconer, 7 p.m.16 — at Southwestern, 7 p.m.

FRANKLINSeptember

4 — at Titusville, 7 p.m.11 — vs. Conneaut, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Oil City, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Reynolds, 7 p.m.

October2 — vs. Mercer, 7 p.n.9 — at Bradford High, 7 p.m.16 — at Fairview, 7 p.m.23 — vs. DuBois, 7 p.m.30 — at Lakeview, 7 p.m.

November6 — at Meadville, 7 p.m.

FREDONIASeptember

4 — vs. Cheektowaga, 7:30 p.m.11 — at Springville, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Pioneer, 7:30 p.m.25 — at Maryvale, 7 p.m.

October2 —at Olean High, 7 p.m.9 — OPEN16 — at Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.

FREWSBURGSeptember

5 — at Clymer/Sherman/Panama, 1:30 p.m. (at C)11 — vs. Randolph, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Westfield/Brocton, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Bishop Kearney, 7 p.m.

October2 — at Portville, 7:30 p.m.9 — at Franklinville/Ellicottville, 7 p.m. (at F)16 — vs. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m.

GENESEOSeptember

4 — at Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m.11 — at York, 7:30 p.m.18 — at Caledonia-Mumford, 7:30 p.m.25 — vs. Avon, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — at Bolivar-Richburg, 7:30 p.m.9 — vs. Canisteo-Greenwood, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. Perry, 7:30 p.m.

GOWANDA/PINE VALLEYSeptember

4 — vs. Southwestern, 7 p.m.11 — at Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m. (at M)18 — at Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Allegany-Limestone, 7 p.m.

October3 — at Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, 1:30 p.m. (at C)9 — vs. Salamanca, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Akron, 7 p.m.* all home games at Gowanda

HORNELLSeptember

5 — vs. Livonia, noon11 — vs. Letchworth/Warsaw, 7:30 p.m.18 — vs. Dansville, 7:30 p.m.25 — at Wayland-Cohocton, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — vs. LeRoy, 7:30 p.m.10 — at Bath-Haverling, 1:30 p.m.16 — at Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.

LETCHWORTH/WARSAWSeptember

4 — vs. Leroy, 7:30 p.m.11 — at Hornell, 7:30 p.m.18 — at Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.25 — vs. Livonia, 7:30 p.m.

October3 — at Bath-Haverling, 1:30 p.m.9 — at Dansville, 7:30 p.m.16 — vs. Wayland-Cohocton, 7:30 p.m.* all home games at Letchworth

LIVONIASeptember

5 — at Hornell, noon 11 — vs. Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.18 — vs. Bath-Haverling, 7:30 p.m.25 — at Letchworth, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — vs. Dansville, 7:30 p.m.10 — vs. Wayland-Cohocton, 1 p.m.16 — at LeRoy, 7:30 p.m.

MAPLE GROVE/CHAUT. LAKESeptember

5 — OPEN11 — vs. Gowanda/Pine Valley, 7:30 p.m. (at M)18 — vs. Salamanca, 7:30 p.m. (at C)25 — at Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, 7 p.m. (at F)

October2 — at Randolph, 7 p.m.9 — vs. Southwestern, 7:30 p.m. (at C)16 — vs. Allegany-Limestone, 7:30 p.m. (at M)

MEADVILLESeptember

4 — vs. Fairview, 7 p.m.11 — at DuBois, 7 p.m.18 — at Bradford High, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Erie Central Tech, 7 p.m.

October2 — at Erie Strong Vincent, 7 p.m.9 — vs. Conneaut, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Warren, 7 p.m.23 — at Oil City, 7 p.m.30 — at Erie East, 7 p.m.

November6 — vs. Franklin, 7 p.m.

OIL CITYSeptember

4 — at Corry, 7 p.m.11 — vs. Bradford High, 7 p.m.18 — at Franklin, 7 p.m.25 — at General McLane, 7 p.m.

October3 — vs. St. Mary’s-Lancaster, 2 p.m.9 — vs. DuBois, 7 p.m.16 — at Titusville, 7 p.m.23 — vs. Meadville, 7 p.m.30 — vs. Erie Strong Vincent, 7 p.m.

November6 — at Conneaut, 7 p.m.

PERRYSeptember

5 — vs. Caledonia-Mumford, 7:30 p.m. 11 — vs. Avon, 7:30 p.m.18 — vs. Canisteo-Greenwood, 7:30 p.m.25 — at Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — at York, 7:30 p.m.9 — vs. Bolivar-Richburg, 7:30 p.m.16 — at Geneseo, 7:30 p.m.

SOUTHWESTERNSeptember

4 — at Gowanda/Pine Valley, 7 p.m. (at G)11 — vs. Allegany-Limestone, 7 p.m.18 — at Springville, 7 p.m.25 — at Salamanca, 7 p.m.

October2 — vs. Silver Creek/Forestville, 7 p.m.9 — at Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m. (at C)16 — vs. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, 7 p.m.

SPRINGVILLESeptember

5 — at Burgard, 3 p.m. (at All High Stadium)11 — vs. Fredonia, 7 p.m.18 — vs. Southwestern, 7 p.m.26 — OPEN

October2 — vs. Dunkirk, 7 p.m.9 — at Pioneer, 7 p.m.16 — vs. Olean High, 7 p.m.

WAYLAND-COHOCTONSeptember

4 — at Dansville, 7:30 p.m.11 — at Bath-Haverling, 7:30 p.m.18 — vs. LeRoy, 7:30 p.m.25 — vs. Hornell, 7:30 p.m.

October3 — vs. Wellsville, 1:30 p.m.10 — at Livonia, 1 p.m.16 — at Letchworth, 7:30 p.m.

WESTFIELD/BROCTONSeptember

4 — at Allegany-Limestone, 7 p.m.11 — vs. Portville, 7 p.m. (at W)18 — at Frewsburg, 7 p.m.25 — vs. Franklinville/Ellicottville, 7 p.m. (at B)

October2 — vs. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7 p.m. (at W)10 — at Clymer/Sherman/Panama, 1:30 p.m. (at P)16 — at Randolph, 7 p.m.

YORK/PAVILIONSeptember

4 — at Canisteo-Greenwood, 7:30 p.m.11 — vs. Geneseo, 7:30 p.m.18 — at Bolivar-Richburg, 7:30 p.m.25 — vs. Caledonia-Mumford, 7:30 p.m.

October2 — vs. Perry, 7:30 p.m.9 — at Avon, 7 p.m.16 — at Cuba-Rushford, 7:30 p.m.* all home games at York

Following along with Big 30 league opponents this season

Senior QB Elijah Ramadhan (above) of Olean High and senior defensive back Nate Tackentien (below) of Pioneer will face each other in a Class B South Division clash on Sept. 11, in Yorkshire.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Big 30 foot-ball games will be broadcast on Bradford’s WESB (1490 AM) and WBRR (100.1 FM), Olean’s WOEN (1360 AM) and WHDL (1450 AM), Smethport’s Big Bob (95.3 FM), Emporium’s WLEM (1250 AM) and WQKY (98.9 FM), Wellsville’s WLSV (790 AM), Port Allegany’s WHKS (94.9 FM), Coudersport’s WFRM (600 AM), St. Marys (WKBI (93.9), Salamanca’s WGWE (105.9 FM), McKean County’s Big Bob (103.9 FM) and Ridgway’s WDDH (97.5 FM)

Friday, Sept. 4East Aurora/Holland at Olean High

(1450 AM, 7 p.m.)Bradford at St. Marys (1490 AM,

100.1 FM, 93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Sheffield vs. Ridgway/Johnsonburg

at Johnsonburg (97.5 FM, 7 p.m.)Westfield/Brocton at Allegany-Limestone

(1360 AM, 7 p.m.)Cameron County at Kane

(1250 AM, 7 p.m.)Bath at Wellsville (790 AM,

7:30 p.m.)Smethport at Brockway (95.3 FM,

7 p.m.)Saturday, Sept. 5

Otto-Eldred at Sharpsville (103.9 FM, 1:30 p.m.)

Friday, Sept. 11Olean at Pioneer (1450 AM, 7 p.m.)Bradford at Oil City (1490 AM,

100.1 FM, 7 p.m.)Smethport at Kane (97.5 FM,

95.3 FM, 7 p.m.)A.C. Valley at St. Marys (93.9 FM,

7 p.m.)Allegany-Limestone at Southwestern

(1360 AM, 7 p.m.)

Ridgway/Johnsonburg at Cameron County (1250 AM, 7 p.m.)

Brockway at Coudersport (600 AM, 7 p.m.)

Elk County Catholic at Port Allegany (98.9 FM, 94.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Curwensville at Otto-Eldred (103.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Lackawanna at Salamanca (105.9 FM 7 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 12Clarion at Sheffield (97.5 FM,

1:30 p.m.)Friday, Sept. 18

Meadville at Bradford (1490 AM, 100.1 FM, 7 p.m.)

Otto-Eldred at Ridgway/Johnsonburg (97.5 FM, 103.8 FM, 7 p.m.)

St. Marys at Karns City (93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Falconer/Cassadaga Valley at Allegany-Limestone (1360 AM, 7 p.m.)

Cameron County at Brockway (1250 AM, 7 p.m.)

Elk County Catholic at Smethport (98.9 FM, 95.3 FM, 7 p.m.)

Moniteau at Port Allegany (94.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Letchworth/Warsaw at Wellsville (790 AM, 7:30 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 19 Kane at Sheffield (97.5 FM, 1:30 p.m.)

Friday, Sept. 25Olean at Bradford (1490 AM,

100.1 FM 7 p.m.)Sheffield at Elk County Catholic

(97.5 FM, 98.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Allegany-Limestone at

Gowanda/Pine Valley (1360 AM, 105.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

St. Marys at Keystone (93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Curwensville at Cameron County (1250 AM, 7 p.m.)

Brockway at Otto-Eldred (103.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Ridgway/Johnsonburg at Coudersport (600 AM, 7 p.m.)

Smethport at Clarion-Limestone (95.3 FM, 7 p.m.)

Portville at Randolph (1450 AM, 7 p.m.)

Friday, Oct. 2Ridgway/Johnsonburg at Kane

(97.5 FM, 7 p.m.)Brookville at St. Marys (93.9 FM,

7 p.m.)Allegany-Limestone at Salamanca

(1360 AM, 7 p.m.)Coudersport at Otto-Eldred

(600 AM, 103.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Fredonia at Olean (1450 AM,

7 p.m.)Saturday, Oct. 3

Curwensville at Elk County Catholic (98.9 FM, 1 p.m.)

Smethport at Sheffield (95.3 FM, 1:30 p.m.)

Cameron County at Port Allegany (1250 AM, 94.9 FM, 1:30 p.m.)

Bradford at Erie Central Tech (1490 AM, 100.1 FM, 7 p.m.)

Friday, Oct. 9Franklin at Bradford (1490 AM,

100.1 FM, 7 p.m.)Elk County Catholic at Ridgway/

Johnsonburg (97.5 FM, 98.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Clarion-Limestone at St. Marys

(93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Portville at Allegany-Limestone

(1360 AM, 7 p.m.)Sheffield at Cameron County

(1250 AM, 7 p.m.)Coudersport at Port Allegany

(94.9 FM, 600 AM, 7 p.m.)

Cuba-Rushford at Wellsville (790 AM, 7:30 p.m.)

Otto-Eldred at Smethport (95.3 FM, 103.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Olean at Dunkirk (1450 AM, 7 p.m.)

Salamanca at Gowanda/Pine Valley (105.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Friday, Oct. 16Bradford at DuBois (1490 AM,

100.1 FM, 7 p.,m.)Curwensville at Kane (97.5 FM,

7 p.m.)Allegany-Limestone at Maple Grove/

Chautauqua Lake (1360 AM, 7 p.m.)St. Marys at Punxsutawney

(93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Smethport at Cameron County

(1250 AM, 95.3 FM, 7 p.m.)Sheffield at Coudersport (600 AM,

7 p.m.)Elk County Catholic at

Northern Cambria (98.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Port Allegany at Otto-Eldred

(94.9 FM, 103.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Clymer/Sherman/Panama at

Portville (1450 AM, 7 p.m.)Hornell at Wellsville (790 AM,

7:30 p.m.)Salamanca at Franklinville/Ellicottville

(105.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Friday, Oct. 23

Bradford at Conneaut (1490 AM, 100.1 FM, 7 p.m.)

Ridgway/Johnsonburg at Union (97.5 FM, 7 p.m.)

Clarion at St. Marys (93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Cameron County at Coudersport (1250 AM, 600 AM, 7 p.m.)

Port Allegany at Smethport (94.9 FM, 95.3 FM, 7 p.m.)

Saturday, Oct. 24Otto-Eldred at Sheffield (103.9 FM,

1:30 p.m.)Kane at Elk County Catholic

(97.5 FM, 98.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Friday, Oct. 30

Brookville at Bradford (1490 AM, 100.1 FM, 7 p.m.)

Curwensville at Ridgway (97.5 FM, 7 p.m.)

St. Marys at Moniteau (93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Otto-Eldred at Cameron County (1250 AM, 103.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Coudersport at Smethport (600 AM, 95.3 FM, 7 p.m.)

Elk County Catholic at Brockway (98.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Sheffield at Port Allegany (94.9 FM, 7 p.m.)

Friday, Nov. 6 Clarion-Limestone at Kane or AML

Championship Game (97.5 FM, 7 p.m.)St. Marys at Ridgway/Johnsonburg

(93.9 FM, 7 p.m.)Cowanesque Valley at Otto-Eldred

(103.9 FM, 7 p.m.)


Radio coverage of Big 30 Friday Night Lights action

(EDITOR’S NOTE: All Notre Dame foot-ball games will be carried on Olean’s 93.9 FM while all Penn State games will be broadcast by McKean County’s 103.9 FM. In addition, Bradford’s 1490 AM will carry a full schedule of national-interest games that was still being finalized at press time.)

Saturday, Sept. 5Penn State at Temple (103.9 FM, 3:30 p.m.)Texas at Notre Dame (93.9 FM, 7:30 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 12Buffalo at Penn State (103.9 FM)Notre Dame at Virginia (93.9 FM, 3:30 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 19Georgia Tech at Notre Dame (93.9 FM,

3:30 p.m.)Rutgers at Penn State (103.9 FM, 8 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 26Massachusetts at Notre Dame (93.9 FM,

3:30 p.m.)San Diego St. at Penn State (103.9 FM, TBA)

Saturday, Oct. 3Notre Dame at Clemson (93.9 FM, TBA)Rutgers at Penn State (103.9 FM, 8 p.m.)

Saturday, Oct. 10Navy at Notre Dame (93.9 FM, 3:30 p.m.)Army at Penn State (103.9 FM, TBA)

Saturday, Oct. 17USC at Notre Dame (93.9 FM, 7:30 p.m.)Penn State at Ohio State (103.9 FM,

8 p.m.)Saturday, Oct. 24

Penn State vs. Maryland, at Baltimore (103.9 FM, TBA)

Saturday, Oct. 31Notre Dame at Temple (93.9 FM, TBA.)Illinois at Penn State (103.9 FM, TBA)

Saturday, Nov. 7Notre Dame at Pitt (93.9 FM, TBA)Penn State at Northwestern (103.9 FM, TBA)

Saturday, Nov. 14Wake Forest at Notre Dame (93.9 FM,

3:30 p.m.)Saturday, Nov. 21

Notre Dame at Boston College (93.9 FM, 7:30 p.m.)

Michigan at Penn State (103.9 FM, TBA)Saturday, Nov. 28

Notre Dame at Stanford (93.9 FM, TBA)Penn State at Michigan State (103.9 FM, TBA)

Airing Fighting Irish, Nittany Lions


AIR FORCE(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 Morgan St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 San Jose St., 10:15 p.m.Sep. 19 at Michigan St., NoonOct. 3 at Navy, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 Wyoming, TBAOct. 17 at Colorado St., 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Fresno St., TBAOct. 31 at Hawaii, 10:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Army, TBANov. 14 Utah St., TBANov. 20 at Boise St., 9:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at New Mexico, TBA

AKRON(5-7-0)

Sep. 5 at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 Savannah St., TBASep. 26 at Louisiana-Lafayette, TBAOct. 3 Ohio, 2 p.m.Oct. 10 at E. Michigan, 3 p.m.Oct. 17 at Bowling Green, 3 p.m.Oct. 31 Cent. Michigan, TBANov. 7 at UMass, TBANov. 14 at Miami (Ohio), TBANov. 21 Buffalo, TBANov. 27 Kent St., TBA

ALABAMA(12-2-0)

Sep. 5 Wisconsin, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Middle Tennessee, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 Mississippi, 9:15 p.m.Sep. 26 Louisiana-Monroe, TBAOct. 3 at Georgia, TBAOct. 10 Arkansas, TBAOct. 17 at Texas A&M, TBAOct. 24 Tennessee, TBANov. 7 LSU, TBANov. 14 at Mississippi St., TBANov. 21 Charleston Southern, TBANov. 28 at Auburn, TBA

ARIZONA(10-4-0)

Sep. 3 UTSA, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 at Nevada, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 N. Arizona, 11 p.m.Sep. 26 UCLA, TBAOct. 3 at Stanford, TBAOct. 10 Oregon St., TBAOct. 17 at Colorado, TBAOct. 24 Washington St., TBAOct. 31 at Washington, TBANov. 7 at Southern Cal, TBANov. 14 Utah, TBANov. 21 at Arizona St., TBA

ARIZONA ST.(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Cal Poly, 11 p.m.Sep. 18 New Mexico, 10 p.m.Sep. 26 Southern Cal, TBAOct. 3 at UCLA, TBAOct. 10 Colorado, TBAOct. 17 at Utah, TBAOct. 29 Oregon, 10:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Washington St., TBANov. 14 Washington, TBANov. 21 Arizona, TBANov. 28 at California, TBA

ARKANSAS(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 UTEP, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Toledo, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 Texas Tech, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 Texas A&M, TBAOct. 3 at Tennessee, TBAOct. 10 at Alabama, TBAOct. 24 Auburn, TBAOct. 31 UT-Martin, TBANov. 7 at Mississippi, TBANov. 14 at LSU, TBA

Nov. 21 Mississippi St., TBANov. 27 Missouri, 2:30 p.m.

ARMY(4-8-0)

Sep. 4 Fordham, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at UConn, NoonSep. 19 Wake Forest, NoonSep. 26 at E. Michigan, TBAOct. 3 at Penn St., TBAOct. 10 Duke, NoonOct. 17 Bucknell, NoonOct. 24 at Rice, TBANov. 7 at Air Force, TBANov. 14 Tulane, NoonNov. 21 Rutgers, NoonDec. 12 at Navy, 3 p.m.

AUBURN(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Louisville, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Jacksonville St., NoonSep. 19 at LSU, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Mississippi St., TBAOct. 3 San Jose St., TBAOct. 15 at Kentucky, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 at Arkansas, TBAOct. 31 Mississippi, TBANov. 7 at Texas A&M, TBANov. 14 Georgia, TBANov. 21 Idaho, TBANov. 28 Alabama, TBA

BALL ST.(5-7-0)

Sep. 3 VMI, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at E. Michigan, 3 p.m.Sep. 26 at Northwestern, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 Toledo, 3 p.m.Oct. 10 at N. Illinois, TBAOct. 17 Georgia St., TBAOct. 24 Cent. Michigan, TBAOct. 31 UMass, TBANov. 5 at W. Michigan, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 17 at Ohio, TBANov. 24 Bowling Green, 7:30 p.m.

BAYLOR(11-2-0)

Sep. 4 at SMU, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Lamar, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Rice, 3 p.m.Oct. 3 at Texas Tech, TBAOct. 10 at Kansas, TBAOct. 17 West Virginia, TBAOct. 24 Iowa St., TBANov. 5 at Kansas St., 7:30 p.m.Nov. 14 Oklahoma, TBANov. 21 at Oklahoma St., TBANov. 27 at TCU, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 5 Texas, TBA

BOISE ST.(12-2-0)

Sep. 4 Washington, 10:15 p.m.Sep. 12 at BYU, 10:15 p.m.Sep. 18 Idaho St., 9 p.m.Sep. 25 at Virginia, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 Hawaii, TBAOct. 10 at Colorado St., 7 p.m.Oct. 16 at Utah St., 9 p.m.Oct. 24 Wyoming, TBAOct. 31 at UNLV, TBANov. 14 New Mexico, TBANov. 20 Air Force, 9:30 p.m.Nov. 27 at San Jose St., 3:30 p.m.

BOSTON COLLEGE(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 Maine, 1 p.m.Sep. 12 Howard, 1 p.m.Sep. 18 Florida St., 8 p.m.Sep. 26 N. Illinois, TBAOct. 3 at Duke, TBAOct. 10 Wake Forest, TBAOct. 17 at Clemson, TBAOct. 24 at Louisville, TBA

Oct. 31 Virginia Tech, TBANov. 7 NC State, TBANov. 21 Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Syracuse, TBA

BOWLING GREEN(8-6-0)

Sep. 5 at Tennessee, 4 p.m.Sep. 12 at Maryland, NoonSep. 19 Memphis, 3 p.m.Sep. 26 at Purdue, TBAOct. 3 at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 UMass, TBAOct. 17 Akron, 3 p.m.Oct. 24 at Kent St., TBANov. 4 Ohio, 8 p.m.Nov. 11 at W. Michigan, 8 p.m.Nov. 17 Toledo, TBANov. 24 at Ball St., 7:30 p.m.

BUFFALO(5-6-0)

Sep. 5 Albany (NY), 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Penn St., NoonSep. 19 at FAU, NoonSep. 26 Nevada, TBAOct. 3 Bowling Green, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 at Cent. Michigan, TBAOct. 24 Ohio, TBAOct. 29 at Miami (Ohio), 7:30 p.m.Nov. 5 at Kent St., 7:30 p.m.Nov. 11 N. Illinois, 8 p.m.Nov. 21 at Akron, TBANov. 27 UMass, TBA

BYU(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Boise St., 10:15 p.m.Sep. 19 at UCLA, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Michigan, TBAOct. 2 UConn, 10:15 p.m.Oct. 10 East Carolina, TBAOct. 16 Cincinnati, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 Wagner, 3 p.m.Nov. 6 at San Jose St., 11:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Missouri, TBANov. 21 Fresno St., TBANov. 28 at Utah St., 3:30 p.m.

CALIFORNIA(5-7-0)

Sep. 5 Grambling St., 5 p.m.Sep. 12 San Diego St., 5 p.m.Sep. 19 at Texas, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Washington, TBAOct. 3 Washington St., TBAOct. 10 at Utah, TBAOct. 22 at UCLA, 9 p.m.Oct. 31 Southern Cal, TBANov. 7 at Oregon, TBANov. 14 Oregon St., TBANov. 21 at Stanford, TBANov. 28 Arizona St., TBA

CENT. MICHIGAN(7-6-0)

Sep. 3 Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Monmouth (NJ), 3 p.m.Sep. 19 at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Michigan St., TBAOct. 3 N. Illinois, 3 p.m.Oct. 10 at W. Michigan, TBAOct. 17 Buffalo, TBAOct. 24 at Ball St., TBAOct. 31 at Akron, TBANov. 10 Toledo, 8 p.m.Nov. 18 at Kent St., 8 p.m.Nov. 27 E. Michigan, TBA

CHARLOTTE(5-6-0)

Sep. 4 at Georgia St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Presbyterian, NoonSep. 19 at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 FAU, 7 p.m.Oct. 2 Temple, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 at Old Dominion, 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 24 Southern Miss., NoonOct. 31 Marshall, TBANov. 7 at FIU, NoonNov. 14 UTSA, TBANov. 21 at Kentucky, TBANov. 28 at Rice, 3:30 p.m.

CINCINNATI(9-4-0)

Sep. 5 Alabama A&M, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Temple, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m.Sep. 24 at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 1 Miami, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 16 at BYU, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 UConn, TBAOct. 31 UCF, TBANov. 7 at Houston, TBANov. 14 Tulsa, TBANov. 20 at South Florida, 8 p.m.Nov. 28 at East Carolina, TBA

CLEMSON(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 Wofford, 12:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Appalachian St., 12:30 p.m.Sep. 17 at Louisville, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 3 Notre Dame, TBAOct. 10 Georgia Tech, TBAOct. 17 Boston College, TBAOct. 24 at Miami, TBAOct. 31 at NC State, TBANov. 7 Florida St., TBANov. 14 at Syracuse, TBANov. 21 Wake Forest, TBANov. 28 at South Carolina, TBA

COLORADO(2-10-0)

Sep. 4 at Hawaii, 12:59 a.m.Sep. 12 UMass, 2 p.m.Sep. 19 at Colorado St., 7 p.m.Sep. 26 Nicholls St., TBAOct. 3 Oregon, TBAOct. 10 at Arizona St., TBAOct. 17 Arizona, TBAOct. 24 at Oregon St., TBAOct. 31 at UCLA, TBANov. 7 Stanford, TBANov. 13 Southern Cal, 9 p.m.Nov. 21 at Washington St., TBANov. 28 at Utah, TBA

COLORADO ST.(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 Savannah St., 4 p.m.Sep. 12 Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Colorado, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at UTSA, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 at Utah St., TBAOct. 10 Boise St., 7 p.m.Oct. 17 Air Force, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 31 San Diego St., 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Wyoming, TBANov. 14 UNLV, 7 p.m.Nov. 21 at New Mexico, 5:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Fresno St., 9 p.m.

DUKE(9-4-0)

Sep. 3 at Tulane, 9:30 p.m.Sep. 12 NC Central, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 Northwestern, 12:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Georgia Tech, TBAOct. 3 Boston College, TBAOct. 10 at Army, NoonOct. 24 at Virginia Tech, TBAOct. 31 Miami, TBANov. 7 at North Carolina, TBANov. 14 Pittsburgh, TBANov. 21 at Virginia, TBANov. 28 at Wake Forest, TBA

E. MICHIGAN(2-10-0)

Sep. 5 Old Dominion, 3 p.m.Sep. 12 at Wyoming, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 Ball St., 3 p.m.

Sep. 26 Army, TBAOct. 3 at LSU, TBAOct. 10 Akron, 3 p.m.Oct. 17 at Toledo, TBAOct. 24 at N. Illinois, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 29 W. Michigan, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Miami (Ohio), TBANov. 14 UMass, TBANov. 27 at Cent. Michigan, TBA

EAST CAROLINA(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Towson, 6 p.m.Sep. 12 at Florida, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Navy, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Virginia Tech, TBAOct. 3 at SMU, TBAOct. 10 at BYU, TBAOct. 17 Tulsa, TBAOct. 22 Temple, 7 p.m.Oct. 30 at UConn, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 South Florida, TBANov. 19 at UCF, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 28 Cincinnati, TBA

FAU(3-9-0)

Sep. 5 at Tulsa, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 11 Miami, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 Buffalo, NoonSep. 26 at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 Rice, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Marshall, TBAOct. 24 at UTEP, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 FIU, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at W. Kentucky, TBANov. 14 Middle Tennessee, NoonNov. 21 at Florida, TBANov. 28 at Old Dominion, Noon

FIU(4-8-0)

Sep. 3 at UCF, 6 p.m.Sep. 12 at Indiana, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 NC Central, 6 p.m.Sep. 26 at Louisiana Tech, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at UMass, TBAOct. 10 UTEP, NoonOct. 17 at Middle Tennessee, TBAOct. 24 Old Dominion, 6 p.m.Oct. 31 at FAU, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Charlotte, NoonNov. 14 at Marshall, TBANov. 21 W. Kentucky, TBA

FLORIDA(7-5-0)

Sep. 5 New Mexico St., 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 East Carolina, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Tennessee, TBAOct. 3 Mississippi, TBAOct. 10 at Missouri, TBAOct. 17 at LSU, TBAOct. 31 Georgia, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Vanderbilt, TBANov. 14 at South Carolina, TBANov. 21 FAU, TBANov. 28 Florida St., TBA

FLORIDA ST.(13-1-0)

Sep. 5 Texas St., 8 p.m.Sep. 12 South Florida, 11:30 a.m.Sep. 18 at Boston College, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 at Wake Forest, TBAOct. 10 Miami, TBAOct. 17 Louisville, TBAOct. 24 at Georgia Tech, TBAOct. 31 Syracuse, TBANov. 7 at Clemson, TBANov. 14 NC State, TBANov. 21 Chattanooga, TBANov. 28 at Florida, TBA

FRESNO ST.(6-8-0)

Sep. 3 Abilene Christian, 10 p.m.

Sep. 12 at Mississippi, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Utah, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at San Jose St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at San Diego St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 10 Utah St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 16 UNLV, 10:30 p.m.Oct. 24 at Air Force, TBANov. 5 Nevada, 10:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Hawaii, 11 p.m.Nov. 21 at BYU, TBANov. 28 Colorado St., 9 p.m.

GEORGIA(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 Louisiana-Monroe, NoonSep. 12 at Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 South Carolina, 6 p.m.Sep. 26 Southern U., TBAOct. 3 Alabama, TBAOct. 10 at Tennessee, TBAOct. 17 Missouri, TBAOct. 31 at Florida, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Kentucky, TBANov. 14 at Auburn, TBANov. 21 Georgia Southern, TBANov. 28 at Georgia Tech, TBA

GEORGIA TECH(11-3-0)

Sep. 3 Alcorn St., 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Tulane, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Duke, TBAOct. 3 North Carolina, TBAOct. 10 at Clemson, TBAOct. 17 Pittsburgh, TBAOct. 24 Florida St., TBAOct. 31 at Virginia, TBANov. 12 Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at Miami, TBANov. 28 Georgia, TBA

HAWAII(4-9-0)

Sep. 4 Colorado, 12:59 a.m.Sep. 12 at Ohio St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 UC Davis, 11:59 p.m.Sep. 26 at Wisconsin, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 at Boise St., TBAOct. 10 San Diego St., 11:59 p.m.Oct. 17 at New Mexico, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 at Nevada, 4 p.m.Oct. 31 Air Force, 10:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at UNLV, 6 p.m.Nov. 14 Fresno St., 11 p.m.Nov. 21 San Jose St., 11 p.m.Nov. 28 Louisiana-Monroe, 11 p.m.

HOUSTON(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Tennessee Tech, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 at Louisville, NoonSep. 26 Texas St., TBAOct. 3 at Tulsa, TBAOct. 8 SMU, 8 p.m.Oct. 16 at Tulane, 9 p.m.Oct. 24 at UCF, TBAOct. 31 Vanderbilt, TBANov. 7 Cincinnati, TBANov. 14 Memphis, TBANov. 21 at UConn, TBANov. 27 Navy, TBA

ILLINOIS(6-7-0)

Sep. 4 Kent St., 9 p.m.Sep. 12 W. Illinois, NoonSep. 19 at North Carolina, NoonSep. 26 Middle Tennessee, TBAOct. 3 Nebraska, TBAOct. 10 at Iowa, NoonOct. 24 Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 31 at Penn St., TBANov. 7 at Purdue, NoonNov. 14 Ohio St., TBANov. 21 at Minnesota, TBANov. 28 Northwestern, TBA

INDIANA(4-8-0)

Sep. 5 S. Illinois, 4 p.m.Sep. 12 FIU, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 W. Kentucky, 4 p.m.Sep. 26 at Wake Forest, TBAOct. 3 Ohio St., TBAOct. 10 at Penn St., NoonOct. 17 Rutgers, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 at Michigan St., TBANov. 7 Iowa, TBANov. 14 Michigan, TBANov. 21 at Maryland, TBANov. 28 at Purdue, TBA

IOWA(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 Illinois St., NoonSep. 12 at Iowa St., 4:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 North Texas, TBAOct. 3 at Wisconsin, TBAOct. 10 Illinois, NoonOct. 17 at Northwestern, NoonOct. 31 Maryland, TBANov. 7 at Indiana, TBANov. 14 Minnesota, 8 p.m.Nov. 21 Purdue, TBANov. 27 at Nebraska, TBA

IOWA ST.(2-10-0)

Sep. 5 N. Iowa, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Iowa, 4:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Toledo, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 Kansas, TBAOct. 10 at Texas Tech, TBAOct. 17 TCU, TBAOct. 24 at Baylor, TBAOct. 31 Texas, TBANov. 7 at Oklahoma, TBANov. 14 Oklahoma St., TBANov. 21 at Kansas St., TBANov. 28 at West Virginia, TBA

KANSAS(3-9-0)

Sep. 5 S. Dakota St., NoonSep. 12 Memphis, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at Rutgers, NoonOct. 3 at Iowa St., TBAOct. 10 Baylor, TBAOct. 17 Texas Tech, TBAOct. 24 at Oklahoma St., TBAOct. 31 Oklahoma, TBANov. 7 at Texas, TBANov. 14 at TCU, TBANov. 21 West Virginia, TBANov. 28 Kansas St., TBA

KANSAS ST.(9-4-0)

Sep. 5 South Dakota, 7:10 p.m.Sep. 12 at UTSA, NoonSep. 19 Louisiana Tech, 3 p.m.Oct. 3 at Oklahoma St., TBAOct. 10 TCU, TBAOct. 17 Oklahoma, TBAOct. 24 at Texas, TBANov. 5 Baylor, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Texas Tech, TBANov. 21 Iowa St., TBANov. 28 at Kansas, TBADec. 5 West Virginia, TBA

KENT ST.(2-9-0)

Sep. 4 at Illinois, 9 p.m.Sep. 12 Delaware St., 6 p.m.Sep. 19 at Minnesota, NoonSep. 26 Marshall, TBAOct. 3 Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Toledo, 3 p.m.Oct. 17 at UMass, 3:30 p.m.

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Oct. 24 at Texas, TBANov. 5 Baylor, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Texas Tech, TBANov. 21 Iowa St., TBANov. 28 at Kansas, TBADec. 5 West Virginia, TBA

KENT ST.(2-9-0)

Sep. 4 at Illinois, 9 p.m.Sep. 12 Delaware St., 6 p.m.Sep. 19 at Minnesota, NoonSep. 26 Marshall, TBAOct. 3 Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Toledo, 3 p.m.Oct. 17 at UMass, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Bowling Green, TBANov. 5 Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 10 at Ohio, 8 p.m.Nov. 18 Cent. Michigan, 8 p.m.Nov. 27 at Akron, TBA

KENTUCKY(5-7-0)

Sep. 5 Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Florida, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Missouri, TBAOct. 3 E. Kentucky, TBAOct. 15 Auburn, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 at Mississippi St., TBAOct. 31 Tennessee, TBANov. 7 at Georgia, TBANov. 14 at Vanderbilt, TBANov. 21 Charlotte, TBANov. 28 Louisville, TBA

LSU(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 McNeese St., 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Mississippi St., 9:15 p.m.Sep. 19 Auburn, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Syracuse, TBAOct. 3 E. Michigan, TBAOct. 10 at South Carolina, TBAOct. 17 Florida, TBAOct. 24 W. Kentucky, TBANov. 7 at Alabama, TBANov. 14 Arkansas, TBANov. 21 at Mississippi, TBANov. 28 Texas A&M, TBA

LOUISIANA TECH(9-5-0)

Sep. 5 Southern U., 7 p.m.Sep. 10 at W. Kentucky, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at Kansas St., 3 p.m.Sep. 26 FIU, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 at UTSA, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 at Mississippi St., TBAOct. 24 Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 30 at Rice, 8 p.m.Nov. 7 North Texas, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at UTEP, TBANov. 28 Southern Miss., TBA

LOUISVILLE(9-4-0)

Sep. 5 at Auburn, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Houston, NoonSep. 17 Clemson, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Samford, TBAOct. 3 at NC State, TBAOct. 17 at Florida St., TBAOct. 24 Boston College, TBAOct. 30 at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 Syracuse, TBANov. 14 Virginia, TBANov. 21 at Pittsburgh, TBANov. 28 at Kentucky, TBA

MARSHALL(13-1-0)

Sep. 6 Purdue, 3 p.m.Sep. 12 at Ohio, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 Norfolk St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Kent St., TBAOct. 3 Old Dominion, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 9 Southern Miss., 7 p.m.Oct. 17 at FAU, TBAOct. 24 North Texas, 3 p.m.Oct. 31 at Charlotte, TBANov. 7 at Middle Tennessee, TBANov. 14 FIU, TBANov. 27 at W. Kentucky, Noon

MARYLAND(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 Richmond, NoonSep. 12 Bowling Green, NoonSep. 19 South Florida, NoonSep. 26 at West Virginia, TBAOct. 3 Michigan, 8 p.m.Oct. 10 at Ohio St., NoonOct. 24 Penn St., TBAOct. 31 at Iowa, TBANov. 7 Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Michigan St., TBANov. 21 Indiana, TBA

Nov. 28 at Rutgers, TBAMEMPHIS(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 Missouri St., 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Kansas, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Bowling Green, 3 p.m.Sep. 24 Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 2 at South Florida, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 Mississippi, TBAOct. 23 at Tulsa, 8 p.m.Oct. 31 Tulane, TBANov. 7 Navy, TBANov. 14 at Houston, TBANov. 21 at Temple, TBANov. 28 SMU, TBA

MIAMI(6-7-0)

Sep. 5 Bethune-Cookman, 6 p.m.Sep. 11 at FAU, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 Nebraska, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 1 at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Florida St., TBAOct. 17 Virginia Tech, TBAOct. 24 Clemson, TBAOct. 31 at Duke, TBANov. 7 Virginia, TBANov. 14 at North Carolina, TBANov. 21 Georgia Tech, TBANov. 27 at Pittsburgh, TBA

MIAMI (OHIO)(2-10-0)

Sep. 5 Presbyterian, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Wisconsin, NoonSep. 19 Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at W. Kentucky, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at Kent St., 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Ohio, 2 p.m.Oct. 17 N. Illinois, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 24 at W. Michigan, 2 p.m.Oct. 29 Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 E. Michigan, TBANov. 14 Akron, TBANov. 21 at UMass, TBA

MICHIGAN(5-7-0)

Sep. 3 at Utah, 8:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Oregon St., NoonSep. 19 UNLV, NoonSep. 26 BYU, TBAOct. 3 at Maryland, 8 p.m.Oct. 10 Northwestern, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Michigan St., TBAOct. 31 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Nov. 7 Rutgers, TBANov. 14 at Indiana, TBANov. 21 at Penn St., TBANov. 28 Ohio St., TBA

MICHIGAN ST.(11-2-0)

Sep. 4 at W. Michigan, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Oregon, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 Air Force, NoonSep. 26 Cent. Michigan, TBAOct. 3 Purdue, NoonOct. 10 at Rutgers, 8 p.m.Oct. 17 at Michigan, TBAOct. 24 Indiana, TBANov. 7 at Nebraska, 8 p.m.Nov. 14 Maryland, TBANov. 21 at Ohio St., TBANov. 28 Penn St., TBA

MIDDLE TENNESSEE(6-6-0)

Sep. 5 Jackson St., 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Alabama, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 Charlotte, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at Illinois, TBAOct. 3 Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 at W. Kentucky, TBAOct. 17 FIU, TBAOct. 24 at Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Marshall, TBANov. 14 at FAU, NoonNov. 21 North Texas, NoonNov. 28 at UTSA, 2:30 p.m.

MINNESOTA(8-5-0)

Sep. 3 TCU, 9 p.m.Sep. 12 at Colorado St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Kent St., NoonSep. 26 Ohio, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at Northwestern, TBAOct. 10 at Purdue, TBAOct. 17 Nebraska, TBAOct. 31 Michigan, 8 p.m.Nov. 7 at Ohio St., TBANov. 14 at Iowa, 8 p.m.Nov. 21 Illinois, TBANov. 28 Wisconsin, TBA

MISSISSIPPI(9-4-0)

Sep. 5 UT-Martin, NoonSep. 12 Fresno St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Alabama, 9:15 p.m.Sep. 26 Vanderbilt, TBAOct. 3 at Florida, TBAOct. 10 New Mexico St., TBAOct. 17 at Memphis, TBAOct. 24 Texas A&M, TBA

Oct. 31 at Auburn, TBANov. 7 Arkansas, TBANov. 21 LSU, TBANov. 28 at Mississippi St., TBA

MISSISSIPPI ST.(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 at Southern Miss., 10 p.m.Sep. 12 LSU, 9:15 p.m.Sep. 19 Northwestern St., 4 p.m.Sep. 26 at Auburn, TBAOct. 3 at Texas A&M, TBAOct. 10 Troy, TBAOct. 17 Louisiana Tech, TBAOct. 24 Kentucky, TBANov. 5 at Missouri, 9 p.m.Nov. 14 Alabama, TBANov. 21 at Arkansas, TBANov. 28 Mississippi, TBA

MISSOURI(11-3--0)

Sep. 5 SE Missouri, 4 p.m.Sep. 12 at Arkansas St., 7 p.m.Sep. 19 UConn, NoonSep. 26 at Kentucky, TBAOct. 3 South Carolina, TBAOct. 10 Florida, TBAOct. 17 at Georgia, TBAOct. 24 at Vanderbilt, TBANov. 5 Mississippi St., 9 p.m.Nov. 14 BYU, TBANov. 21 Tennessee, TBANov. 27 at Arkansas, 2:30 p.m.

N. ILLINOIS(11-3-0)

Sep. 5 UNLV, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Murray St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Ohio St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Boston College, TBAOct. 3 at Cent. Michigan, 3 p.m.Oct. 10 Ball St., TBAOct. 17 at Miami (Ohio), 2:30 p.m.Oct. 24 E. Michigan, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 3 at Toledo, 8 p.m.Nov. 11 at Buffalo, 8 p.m.Nov. 18 W. Michigan, 8 p.m.Nov. 24 Ohio, 7:30 p.m.

NC STATE(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Troy, 6 p.m.Sep. 12 E. Kentucky, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 at Old Dominion, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at South Alabama, TBAOct. 3 Louisville, TBAOct. 9 at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 at Wake Forest, TBAOct. 31 Clemson, TBANov. 7 at Boston College, TBANov. 14 at Florida St., TBANov. 21 Syracuse, TBANov. 28 North Carolina, TBA

NAVY(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Colgate, NoonSep. 19 East Carolina, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at UConn, TBAOct. 3 Air Force, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Tulane, 1 p.m.Oct. 31 South Florida, NoonNov. 7 at Memphis, TBANov. 14 SMU, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at Tulsa, TBANov. 27 at Houston, TBADec. 12 Army, 3 p.m.

NEBRASKA(9-4-0)

Sep. 5 BYU, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 South Alabama, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at Miami, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Southern Miss., NoonOct. 3 at Illinois, TBAOct. 10 Wisconsin, TBAOct. 17 at Minnesota, TBAOct. 24 Northwestern, TBAOct. 31 at Purdue, TBANov. 7 Michigan St., 8 p.m.Nov. 14 at Rutgers, TBANov. 27 Iowa, TBA

NEVADA(7-6-0)

Sep. 3 UC Davis, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 Arizona, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at Texas A&M, NoonSep. 26 at Buffalo, TBAOct. 3 UNLV, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 New Mexico, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 at Wyoming, TBAOct. 24 Hawaii, 4 p.m.Nov. 5 at Fresno St., 10:30 p.m.Nov. 14 San Jose St., 4 p.m.Nov. 21 at Utah St., TBANov. 28 at San Diego St., TBA

NEW MEXICO(4-8-0)

Sep. 5 MVSU, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Sep. 18 at Arizona St., 10 p.m.Sep. 26 at Wyoming, 3 p.m.Oct. 3 New Mexico St., 8 p.m.Oct. 10 at Nevada, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 Hawaii, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 at San Jose St., 7 p.m.Nov. 7 Utah St., 3:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Boise St., TBANov. 21 Colorado St., 5:30 p.m.Nov. 28 Air Force, TBA

NORTH CAROLINA(6-7-0)

Sep. 3 at South Carolina, 6 p.m.Sep. 12 NC A&T, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 Illinois, NoonSep. 26 Delaware, TBAOct. 3 at Georgia Tech, TBAOct. 17 Wake Forest, TBAOct. 24 Virginia, TBAOct. 29 at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 Duke, TBANov. 14 Miami, TBANov. 21 at Virginia Tech, TBANov. 28 at NC State, TBA

NORTH TEXAS(4-8-0)

Sep. 12 at SMU, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 Rice, 2:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Iowa, TBAOct. 3 at Southern Miss., TBAOct. 10 Portland St., TBAOct. 15 W. Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 24 at Marshall, 3 p.m.Oct. 31 UTSA, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 at Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Tennessee, TBANov. 21 at Middle Tennessee, NoonNov. 28 UTEP, TBA

NORTHWESTERN(5-7-0)

Sep. 5 Stanford, NoonSep. 12 E. Illinois, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 at Duke, 12:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Ball St., 8 p.m.Oct. 3 Minnesota, TBAOct. 10 at Michigan, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Iowa, NoonOct. 24 at Nebraska, TBANov. 7 Penn St., TBANov. 14 Purdue, TBANov. 21 at Wisconsin, TBANov. 28 at Illinois, TBA

NOTRE DAME(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Texas, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 UMass, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at Clemson, TBAOct. 10 Navy, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Southern Cal, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 31 at Temple, TBANov. 7 at Pittsburgh, TBANov. 14 Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at Boston College, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Stanford, TBA

OHIO(6-6-0)

Sep. 3 at Idaho, 9 p.m.Sep. 12 Marshall, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 SE Louisiana, 2 p.m.Sep. 26 at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at Akron, 2 p.m.Oct. 10 Miami (Ohio), 2 p.m.Oct. 17 W. Michigan, TBAOct. 24 at Buffalo, TBANov. 4 at Bowling Green, 8 p.m.Nov. 10 Kent St., 8 p.m.Nov. 17 Ball St., TBANov. 24 at N. Illinois, 7:30 p.m.

OHIO ST.(14-1-0)

Sep. 7 at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Hawaii, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 N. Illinois, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 W. Michigan, TBAOct. 3 at Indiana, TBAOct. 10 Maryland, NoonOct. 17 Penn St., 8 p.m.Oct. 24 at Rutgers, 8 p.m.Nov. 7 Minnesota, TBANov. 14 at Illinois, TBANov. 21 Michigan St., TBANov. 28 at Michigan, TBA

OKLAHOMA(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Akron, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Tennessee, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 Tulsa, NoonOct. 3 West Virginia, TBAOct. 10 at Texas, TBAOct. 17 at Kansas St., TBAOct. 24 Texas Tech, TBAOct. 31 at Kansas, TBANov. 7 Iowa St., TBANov. 14 at Baylor, TBA

Nov. 21 TCU, TBANov. 28 at Oklahoma St., TBA

OKLAHOMA ST.(7-6-0)

Sep. 3 at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Cent. Arkansas, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 19 UTSA, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Texas, TBAOct. 3 Kansas St., TBAOct. 10 at West Virginia, TBAOct. 24 Kansas, TBAOct. 31 at Texas Tech, TBANov. 7 TCU, TBANov. 14 at Iowa St., TBANov. 21 Baylor, TBANov. 28 Oklahoma, TBA

OLD DOMINION(6-6-0)

Sep. 5 at E. Michigan, 3 p.m.Sep. 12 Norfolk St., 7 p.m.Sep. 19 NC State, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 Appalachian St., NoonOct. 3 at Marshall, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 17 Charlotte, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 at FIU, 6 p.m.Oct. 31 W. Kentucky, TBANov. 7 at UTSA, 7 p.m.Nov. 14 UTEP, TBANov. 21 at Southern Miss., 3:30 p.m.Nov. 28 FAU, Noon

OREGON(13-2-0)

Sep. 5 E. Washington, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 at Michigan St., 8 p.m.Sep. 19 Georgia St., 2 p.m.Sep. 26 Utah, TBAOct. 3 at Colorado, TBAOct. 10 Washington St., TBAOct. 17 at Washington, TBAOct. 29 at Arizona St., 10:30 p.m.Nov. 7 California, TBANov. 14 at Stanford, TBANov. 21 Southern Cal, TBANov. 27 Oregon St., 3:30 p.m.

OREGON ST.(7-6-0)

Sep. 4 Weber St., 8 p.m.Sep. 12 at Michigan, NoonSep. 19 San Jose St., 8 p.m.Sep. 25 Stanford, 10 p.m.Oct. 10 at Arizona, TBAOct. 17 at Washington St., TBAOct. 24 Colorado, TBAOct. 31 at Utah, TBANov. 7 UCLA, TBANov. 14 at California, TBANov. 21 Washington, TBANov. 27 at Oregon, 3:30 p.m.

PENN ST.(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 at Temple, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Buffalo, NoonSep. 19 Rutgers, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 San Diego St., TBA

Oct. 3 Army, TBAOct. 10 Indiana, NoonOct. 17 at Ohio St., 8 p.m.Oct. 24 at Maryland, TBAOct. 31 Illinois, TBANov. 7 at Northwestern, TBANov. 21 Michigan, TBANov. 28 at Michigan St., TBA

PITTSBURGH(6-7-0)

Sep. 5 Youngstown St., 1 p.m.Sep. 12 at Akron, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 at Iowa, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 at Virginia Tech, TBAOct. 10 Virginia, TBAOct. 17 at Georgia Tech, TBAOct. 24 at Syracuse, TBAOct. 29 North Carolina, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 Notre Dame, TBANov. 14 at Duke, TBANov. 21 Louisville, TBANov. 27 Miami, TBA

PURDUE(3-9-0)

Sep. 6 at Marshall, 3 p.m.Sep. 12 Indiana St., NoonSep. 19 Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Bowling Green, TBAOct. 3 at Michigan St., NoonOct. 10 Minnesota, TBAOct. 17 at Wisconsin, NoonOct. 31 Nebraska, TBANov. 7 Illinois, NoonNov. 14 at Northwestern, TBANov. 21 at Iowa, TBANov. 28 Indiana, TBA

RICE(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Wagner, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Texas, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at North Texas, 2:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Baylor, 3 p.m.Oct. 3 W. Kentucky, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at FAU, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Army, TBAOct. 30 Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.Nov. 6 at UTEP, 8 p.m.Nov. 14 Southern Miss., 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at UTSA, 7 p.m.Nov. 28 Charlotte, 3:30 p.m.

RUTGERS(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Norfolk St., NoonSep. 12 Washington St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Penn St., 8 p.m.Sep. 26 Kansas, NoonOct. 10 Michigan St., 8 p.m.Oct. 17 at Indiana, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Ohio St., 8 p.m.Oct. 31 at Wisconsin, TBANov. 7 at Michigan, TBANov. 14 Nebraska, TBANov. 21 at Army, NoonNov. 28 Maryland, TBA

SMU(1-11-0)

Sep. 4 Baylor, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 North Texas, 7 p.m.Sep. 19 at TCU, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 James Madison, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 East Carolina, TBAOct. 8 at Houston, 8 p.m.Oct. 24 at South Florida, TBAOct. 31 Tulsa, TBANov. 6 Temple, 8 p.m.Nov. 14 at Navy, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 Tulane, TBANov. 28 at Memphis, TBA

SAN DIEGO ST.(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 San Diego, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 at California, 5 p.m.Sep. 19 South Alabama, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 at Penn St., TBAOct. 3 Fresno St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Hawaii, 11:59 p.m.Oct. 17 at San Jose St., TBAOct. 23 Utah St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 31 at Colorado St., 3:30 p.m.Nov. 14 Wyoming, 10:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at UNLV, 10:30 p.m.Nov. 28 Nevada, TBA

SAN JOSE ST.(3-9-0)

Sep. 3 New Hampshire, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 at Air Force, 10:15 p.m.Sep. 19 at Oregon St., 8 p.m.Sep. 26 Fresno St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at Auburn, TBAOct. 10 at UNLV, 9 p.m.Oct. 17 San Diego St., TBAOct. 24 New Mexico, 7 p.m.Nov. 6 BYU, 11:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Nevada, 4 p.m.Nov. 21 at Hawaii, 11 p.m.Nov. 27 Boise St., 3:30 p.m.

SOUTH CAROLINA(7-6-0)

Sep. 3 North Carolina, 6 p.m.Sep. 12 Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Georgia, 6 p.m.Sep. 26 UCF, TBAOct. 3 at Missouri, TBAOct. 10 LSU, TBAOct. 17 Vanderbilt, TBAOct. 31 at Texas A&M, TBANov. 7 at Tennessee, TBANov. 14 Florida, TBANov. 21 The Citadel, TBANov. 28 Clemson, TBA

SOUTH FLORIDA(4-8-0)

Sep. 5 Florida A&M, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Florida St., 11:30 a.m.Sep. 19 at Maryland, NoonOct. 2 Memphis, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 Syracuse, TBAOct. 17 at UConn, TBAOct. 24 SMU, TBA

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Steelers at Patriots (1490 AM, 8:30 p.m,.)Sunday, Sept. 13

Colts at Bills (95.7FM, 100.1 FM, 101.9 FM, 550 AM, 1 p.m.)

Sunday, Sept. 20Patriots at Bills (95.7FM, 100.1 FM, 101.9 FM, 550 AM, 1 p.m.)49ers at Steelers (1490 AM, 1 p.m,.)

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Sunday, Oct. 4Giants at Bills (95.7FM, 100.1 FM, 101.9 FM, 550 AM, 1 p.m.)Ravens at Steelers (1490 AM, 8:25 p.m.)

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Sunday, Nov. 1Bengals at Steelers (1490 AM, 1 p.m.)

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Airing the Bills ’n Steelers

NCAAOct. 31 at Navy, NoonNov. 7 at East Carolina, TBANov. 14 Temple, TBANov. 20 Cincinnati, 8 p.m.Nov. 27 at UCF, TBA

SOUTHERN CAL(9-4-0)

Sep. 5 Arkansas St., 11 p.m.Sep. 12 Idaho, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 Stanford, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 at Arizona St., TBAOct. 8 Washington, 9 p.m.Oct. 17 at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Utah, TBAOct. 31 at California, TBANov. 7 Arizona, TBANov. 13 at Colorado, 9 p.m.Nov. 21 at Oregon, TBANov. 28 UCLA, TBA

SOUTHERN MISS.(3-9-0)

Sep. 5 Mississippi St., 10 p.m.Sep. 12 Austin Peay, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Texas St., 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at Nebraska, NoonOct. 3 North Texas, TBAOct. 9 at Marshall, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 UTSA, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 at Charlotte, NoonOct. 31 UTEP, TBANov. 14 at Rice, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 Old Dominion, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Louisiana Tech, TBA

STANFORD(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 at Northwestern, NoonSep. 12 UCF, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Southern Cal, 8 p.m.Sep. 25 at Oregon St., 10 p.m.Oct. 3 Arizona, TBAOct. 15 UCLA, 10:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Washington, TBAOct. 31 at Washington St., TBANov. 7 at Colorado, TBANov. 14 Oregon, TBANov. 21 California, TBANov. 28 Notre Dame, TBA

SYRACUSE(3-9-0)

Sep. 4 Rhode Island, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Wake Forest, 12:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Cent. Michigan, 12:30 p.m.Sep. 26 LSU, TBAOct. 10 at South Florida, TBAOct. 17 at Virginia, TBAOct. 24 Pittsburgh, TBAOct. 31 at Florida St., TBANov. 7 at Louisville, TBANov. 14 Clemson, TBANov. 21 at NC State, TBANov. 28 Boston College, TBA

TCU(12-1-0)

Sep. 3 at Minnesota, 9 p.m.Sep. 12 Stephen F. Austin, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 SMU, 8 p.m.Sep. 26 at Texas Tech, TBAOct. 3 Texas, TBAOct. 10 at Kansas St., TBAOct. 17 at Iowa St., TBAOct. 29 West Virginia, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 at Oklahoma St., TBANov. 14 Kansas, TBANov. 21 at Oklahoma, TBANov. 27 Baylor, 7:30 p.m.

TEMPLE(6-6-0)

Sep. 5 Penn St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Cincinnati, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at UMass, 3 p.m.Oct. 2 at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 Tulane, TBAOct. 17 UCF, TBAOct. 22 at East Carolina, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 Notre Dame, TBANov. 6 at SMU, 8 p.m.Nov. 14 at South Florida, TBANov. 21 Memphis, TBANov. 28 UConn, TBA

TENNESSEE(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 Bowling Green, 4 p.m.Sep. 12 Oklahoma, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 W. Carolina, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at Florida, TBAOct. 3 Arkansas, TBAOct. 10 Georgia, TBAOct. 24 at Alabama, TBAOct. 31 at Kentucky, TBANov. 7 South Carolina, TBANov. 14 North Texas, TBANov. 21 at Missouri, TBANov. 28 Vanderbilt, TBA

TEXAS(6-7-0)

Sep. 5 at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Rice, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 California, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Oklahoma St., TBAOct. 3 at TCU, TBAOct. 10 Oklahoma, TBAOct. 24 Kansas St., TBAOct. 31 at Iowa St., TBANov. 7 Kansas, TBANov. 14 at West Virginia, TBANov. 26 Texas Tech, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 5 at Baylor, TBA

TEXAS A&M(8-5-0)

Sep. 5 Arizona St., 7 p.m.Sep. 12 Ball St., 7 p.m.Sep. 19 Nevada, NoonSep. 26 at Arkansas, TBAOct. 3 Mississippi St., TBAOct. 17 Alabama, TBAOct. 24 at Mississippi, TBAOct. 31 South Carolina, TBANov. 7 Auburn, TBANov. 14 W. Carolina, TBANov. 21 at Vanderbilt, TBANov. 28 at LSU, TBA

TEXAS TECH(4-8-0)

Sep. 5 Sam Houston St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 UTEP, 3 p.m.Sep. 19 at Arkansas, 7 p.m.Sep. 26 TCU, TBAOct. 3 Baylor, TBAOct. 10 Iowa St., TBAOct. 17 at Kansas, TBAOct. 24 at Oklahoma, TBAOct. 31 Oklahoma St., TBANov. 7 at West Virginia, TBANov. 14 Kansas St., TBANov. 26 at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

TOLEDO(9-4-0)

Sep. 3 Stony Brook, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Arkansas, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 Iowa St., 8 p.m.Sep. 26 Arkansas St., TBAOct. 3 at Ball St., 3 p.m.Oct. 10 Kent St., 3 p.m.Oct. 17 E. Michigan, TBAOct. 24 at UMass, TBANov. 3 N. Illinois, 8 p.m.Nov. 10 at Cent. Michigan, 8 p.m.Nov. 17 at Bowling Green, TBANov. 27 W. Michigan, TBA

TULANE(3-9-0)

Sep. 3 Duke, 9:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Maine, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 UCF, TBAOct. 10 at Temple, TBAOct. 16 Houston, 9 p.m.Oct. 24 at Navy, 1 p.m.Oct. 31 at Memphis, TBANov. 7 UConn, TBANov. 14 at Army, NoonNov. 21 at SMU, TBANov. 27 Tulsa, TBA

TULSA(2-10-0)

Sep. 5 FAU, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at New Mexico, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at Oklahoma, NoonOct. 3 Houston, TBAOct. 10 Louisiana-Monroe, TBAOct. 17 at East Carolina, TBAOct. 23 Memphis, 8 p.m.Oct. 31 at SMU, TBANov. 7 UCF, TBANov. 14 at Cincinnati, TBANov. 21 Navy, TBANov. 27 at Tulane, TBA

UCF(9-4-0)

Sep. 3 FIU, 6 p.m.Sep. 12 at Stanford, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Furman, 6 p.m.Sep. 26 at South Carolina, TBAOct. 3 at Tulane, TBAOct. 10 UConn, TBAOct. 17 at Temple, TBAOct. 24 Houston, TBAOct. 31 at Cincinnati, TBANov. 7 at Tulsa, TBANov. 19 East Carolina, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 27 South Florida, TBA

UCLA(10-3-0)

Sep. 5 Virginia, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at UNLV, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 19 BYU, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Arizona, TBAOct. 3 Arizona St., TBAOct. 15 at Stanford, 10:30 p.m.Oct. 22 California, 9 p.m.Oct. 31 Colorado, TBANov. 7 at Oregon St., TBANov. 14 Washington St., TBANov. 21 at Utah, TBA

Nov. 28 at Southern Cal, TBAUCONN(2-10-0)

Sep. 3 Villanova, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Army, NoonSep. 19 at Missouri, NoonSep. 26 Navy, TBAOct. 2 at BYU, 10:15 p.m.Oct. 10 at UCF, TBAOct. 17 South Florida, TBAOct. 24 at Cincinnati, TBAOct. 30 East Carolina, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 at Tulane, TBANov. 21 Houston, TBANov. 28 at Temple, TBA

UMASS(3-9-0)

Sep. 12 at Colorado, 2 p.m.Sep. 19 Temple, 3 p.m.Sep. 26 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 FIU, TBAOct. 10 at Bowling Green, TBAOct. 17 Kent St., 3:30 p.m.Oct. 24 Toledo, TBAOct. 31 at Ball St., TBANov. 7 Akron, TBANov. 14 at E. Michigan, TBANov. 21 Miami (Ohio), TBANov. 27 at Buffalo, TBA

UNLV(2-11-0)

Sep. 5 at N. Illinois, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 UCLA, 10:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Michigan, NoonSep. 26 Idaho St., 9 p.m.Oct. 3 at Nevada, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 San Jose St., 9 p.m.Oct. 16 at Fresno St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 31 Boise St., TBANov. 7 Hawaii, 6 p.m.Nov. 14 at Colorado St., 7 p.m.Nov. 21 San Diego St., 10:30 p.m.Nov. 28 at Wyoming, 2 p.m.

UTEP(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 at Arkansas, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 at Texas Tech, 3 p.m.Sep. 19 at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.Sep. 26 Incarnate Word, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 UTSA, 8 p.m.Oct. 10 at FIU, NoonOct. 24 FAU, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 at Southern Miss., TBANov. 6 Rice, 8 p.m.Nov. 14 at Old Dominion, TBANov. 21 Louisiana Tech, TBANov. 28 at North Texas, TBA

UTSA(4-8-0)

Sep. 3 at Arizona, 10 p.m.Sep. 12 Kansas St., NoonSep. 19 at Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Colorado St., 7 p.m.Oct. 3 at UTEP, 8 p.m.Oct. 10 Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 at Southern Miss., 7 p.m.Oct. 31 at North Texas, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 Old Dominion, 7 p.m.Nov. 14 at Charlotte, TBANov. 21 Rice, 7 p.m.Nov. 28 Middle Tennessee, 2:30 p.m.

UTAH(9-4-0)

Sep. 3 Michigan, 8:30 p.m.Sep. 11 Utah St., 9 p.m.Sep. 19 at Fresno St., 10:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at Oregon, TBAOct. 10 California, TBAOct. 17 Arizona St., TBAOct. 24 at Southern Cal, TBAOct. 31 Oregon St., TBANov. 7 at Washington, TBANov. 14 at Arizona, TBANov. 21 UCLA, TBANov. 28 Colorado, TBA

UTAH ST.(10-4-0)

Sep. 3 S. Utah, TBASep. 11 at Utah, 9 p.m.Sep. 19 at Washington, 5 p.m.Oct. 3 Colorado St., TBAOct. 10 at Fresno St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 16 Boise St., 9 p.m.Oct. 23 at San Diego St., 10:30 p.m.Oct. 30 Wyoming, 10:15 p.m.Nov. 7 at New Mexico, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 14 at Air Force, TBANov. 21 Nevada, TBANov. 28 BYU, 3:30 p.m.

VANDERBILT(3-9-0)

Sep. 3 W. Kentucky, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Georgia, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Austin Peay, 4 p.m.Sep. 26 at Mississippi, TBAOct. 3 at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 at South Carolina, TBAOct. 24 Missouri, TBA

Oct. 31 at Houston, TBANov. 7 at Florida, TBANov. 14 Kentucky, TBANov. 21 Texas A&M, TBANov. 28 at Tennessee, TBA

VIRGINIA(5-7-0)

Sep. 5 at UCLA, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 William & Mary, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 25 Boise St., 8 p.m.Oct. 10 at Pittsburgh, TBAOct. 17 Syracuse, TBAOct. 24 at North Carolina, TBAOct. 31 Georgia Tech, TBANov. 7 at Miami, TBANov. 14 at Louisville, TBANov. 21 Duke, TBANov. 28 Virginia Tech, TBA

VIRGINIA TECH(7-6-0)

Sep. 7 Ohio St., 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Furman, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Purdue, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 at East Carolina, TBAOct. 3 Pittsburgh, TBAOct. 9 NC State, 8 p.m.Oct. 17 at Miami, TBAOct. 24 Duke, TBAOct. 31 at Boston College, TBANov. 12 at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 21 North Carolina, TBANov. 28 at Virginia, TBA

W. KENTUCKY(8-5-0)

Sep. 3 at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.Sep. 10 Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.Sep. 19 at Indiana, 4 p.m.Sep. 26 Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at Rice, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 10 Middle Tennessee, TBAOct. 15 at North Texas, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 24 at LSU, TBAOct. 31 at Old Dominion, TBANov. 7 FAU, TBANov. 21 at FIU, TBANov. 27 Marshall, Noon

W. MICHIGAN(8-5-0)

Sep. 4 Michigan St., 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.Sep. 19 Murray St., 7 p.m.Sep. 26 at Ohio St., TBAOct. 10 Cent. Michigan, TBAOct. 17 at Ohio, TBAOct. 24 Miami (Ohio), 2 p.m.Oct. 29 at E. Michigan, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 5 Ball St., 7:30 p.m.Nov. 11 Bowling Green, 8 p.m.Nov. 18 at N. Illinois, 8 p.m.Nov. 27 at Toledo, TBA

WAKE FOREST(3-9-0)

Sep. 3 Elon, 7 p.m.Sep. 12 at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Army, NoonSep. 26 Indiana, TBAOct. 3 Florida St., TBAOct. 10 at Boston College, TBAOct. 17 at North Carolina, TBAOct. 24 NC State, TBAOct. 30 Louisville, 7 p.m.Nov. 14 at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 at Clemson, TBANov. 28 Duke, TBA

WASHINGTON(8-6-0)

Sep. 4 at Boise St., 10:15 p.m.Sep. 12 Sacramento St., 2 p.m.Sep. 19 Utah St., 5 p.m.Sep. 26 California, TBAOct. 8 at Southern Cal, 9 p.m.Oct. 17 Oregon, TBAOct. 24 at Stanford, TBAOct. 31 Arizona, TBANov. 7 Utah, TBANov. 14 at Arizona St., TBANov. 21 at Oregon St., TBANov. 27 Washington St., TBA

WASHINGTON ST.(3-9-0)

Sep. 5 Portland St., 2 p.m.Sep. 12 at Rutgers, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 19 Wyoming, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 3 at California, TBAOct. 10 at Oregon, TBAOct. 17 Oregon St., TBAOct. 24 at Arizona, TBAOct. 31 Stanford, TBANov. 7 Arizona St., TBANov. 14 at UCLA, TBANov. 21 Colorado, TBANov. 27 at Washington, TBA

WEST VIRGINIA(7-6-0)

Sep. 5 Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Liberty, 3 p.m.Sep. 26 Maryland, TBAOct. 3 at Oklahoma, TBA

Oct. 10 Oklahoma St., TBAOct. 17 at Baylor, TBAOct. 29 at TCU, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 Texas Tech, TBANov. 14 Texas, TBANov. 21 at Kansas, TBANov. 28 Iowa St., TBADec. 5 at Kansas St., TBA

WISCONSIN(11-3-0)

Sep. 5 at Alabama, 8 p.m.Sep. 12 Miami (Ohio), Noon

Sep. 19 Troy, 3:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Hawaii, 8 p.m.Oct. 3 Iowa, TBAOct. 10 at Nebraska, TBAOct. 17 Purdue, NoonOct. 24 at Illinois, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 31 Rutgers, TBANov. 7 at Maryland, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 21 Northwestern, TBANov. 28 at Minnesota, TBA

WYOMING(4-8-0)

Sep. 5 North Dakota, 4 p.m.

Sep. 12 E. Michigan, 4 p.m.Sep. 19 at Washington St., 8:30 p.m.Sep. 26 New Mexico, 3 p.m.Oct. 3 at Appalachian St., TBAOct. 10 at Air Force, TBAOct. 17 Nevada, TBAOct. 24 at Boise St., TBAOct. 30 at Utah St., 10:15 p.m.Nov. 7 Colorado St., TBANov. 14 at San Diego St., 10:30 p.m.Nov. 28 UNLV, 2 p.m.


AMERICAN CONFERENCEBALTIMORE RAVENS

Sept. 13 at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 20 at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 27 Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Oct. 1 at Pittsburgh, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 11 Cleveland, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 26 at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 1 San Diego, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 BYENov. 15 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 St. Louis, 1 p.m.Nov. 30 at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 6 at Miami, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Seattle-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 20 Kansas City, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 Pittsburgh-x, 8:30 p.m.Jan. 3 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

BUFFALO BILLSSept. 13 Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 New England, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Miami, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 4 N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 vs Jacksonville at London, 9:30 a.m.Nov. 1 BYENov. 8 Miami, 1 p.m.Nov. 12 at N.Y. Jets, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 23 at New England, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 29 at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Houston, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at Washington, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 Dallas, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

CINCINNATI BENGALSSept. 13 at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 20 San Diego, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 Kansas City, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 Seattle, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 BYENov. 1 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Nov. 5 Cleveland, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 16 Houston, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 22 at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 29 St. Louis, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at San Francisco-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 28 at Denver, 8:30 p.m.Jan. 3 Baltimore, 1 p.m.

CLEVELAND BROWNSSept. 13 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 Tennessee, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Oakland, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 11 at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 Denver, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 Arizona, 1 p.m.Nov. 5 at Cincinnati, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 15 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 BYENov. 30 Baltimore, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 6 Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 San Francisco, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 27 at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

DENVER BRONCOSSept. 13 Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 17 at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m.Sept. 27 at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 4 Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 11 at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 18 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 BYENov. 1 Green Bay-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 8 at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 15 Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 22 at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Nov. 29 New England-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 6 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 13 Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 20 at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 28 Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.Jan. 3 San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

HOUSTON TEXANSSept. 13 Kansas City, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 at Carolina, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Oct. 8 Indianapolis, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 18 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at Miami, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 Tennessee, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 BYENov. 16 at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 22 N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 New Orleans, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 New England, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTSSept. 13 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Sept. 21 N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 27 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Oct. 8 at Houston, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 18 New England-x, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 25 New Orleans, 1 p.m.Nov. 2 at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 8 Denver, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 15 BYENov. 22 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 at Pittsburgh-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 13 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Houston, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 at Miami, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 Tennessee, 1 p.m.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARSSept. 13 Carolina, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 Miami, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 27 at New England, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 Houston, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 vs Buffalo at London, 9:30 a.m.Nov. 1 BYENov. 8 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Nov. 19 Tennessee, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 29 San Diego, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Atlanta, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Houston, 1 p.m.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFSSept. 13 at Houston, 1 p.m.Sept. 17 Denver, 8:25 p.m.Sept. 28 at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 Chicago, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 vs. Detroit at London, 9:30 a.m.Nov. 8 BYENov. 15 at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 22 at San Diego-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 29 Buffalo, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 13 San Diego, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 Cleveland, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 Oakland, 1 p.m.

MIAMI DOLPHINSSept. 13 at Washington, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 27 Buffalo, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. N.Y. Jets at London, 9:30 a.m.Oct. 11 BYE

Oct. 18 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 Houston, 1 p.m.Oct. 29 at New England, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 8 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Dallas, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Baltimore, 1 p.m.Dec. 14 N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 20 at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 27 Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 New England, 1 p.m.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Sept. 10 Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 20 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 BYEOct. 11 at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 18 at Indianapolis-x, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 25 N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Oct. 29 Miami, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 8 Washington, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 23 Buffalo, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 29 at Denver-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 6 Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 13 at Houston, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Tennessee, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Miami, 1 p.m.

N.Y. JETSSept. 13 Cleveland, 1 p.m.Sept. 21 at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 27 Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. Miami at London, 9:30 a.m.Oct. 11 BYEOct. 18 Washington, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at New England, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 8 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Nov. 12 Buffalo, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 22 at Houston, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 Miami, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Tennessee, 1 p.m.Dec. 19 at Dallas, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 27 New England, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

OAKLAND RAIDERSSept. 13 Cincinnati, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 20 Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 27 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at Chicago, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 Denver, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 18 BYEOct. 25 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 1 N.Y. Jets, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 8 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 Minnesota, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 22 at Detroit, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Kansas City, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 13 at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 20 Green Bay, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 24 San Diego, 8:25 p.m.Jan. 3 at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

PITTSBURGH STEELERSSept. 10 at New England, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 20 San Francisco, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Oct. 1 Baltimore, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 12 at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 18 Arizona, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 Oakland, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 Cleveland, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 BYENov. 29 at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 6 Indianapolis-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 13 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Denver, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 27 at Baltimore-x, 8:30 p.m.Jan. 3 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

Sept. 13 Detroit, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 20 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Oct. 4 Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 12 Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 18 at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 25 Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 1 at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Nov. 9 Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 15 BYENov. 22 Kansas City-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 29 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Denver, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 13 at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Miami, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 24 at Oakland, 8:25 p.m.Jan. 3 at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

TENNESSEE TITANSSept. 13 at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 20 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 BYEOct. 11 Buffalo, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 Miami, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 Atlanta, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 at Houston, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 Carolina, 1 p.m.Nov. 19 at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 29 Oakland, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at New England, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 Houston, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

NATIONAL CONFERENCEARIZONA CARDINALS

Sept. 13 New Orleans, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 20 at Chicago, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 4 St. Louis, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 11 at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 18 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Oct. 26 Baltimore, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 1 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 BYENov. 15 at Seattle-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 22 Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 29 at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 6 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Dec. 10 Minnesota, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 20 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.Jan. 3 Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

ATLANTA FALCONSSept. 14 Philadelphia, 6:10 p.m.Sept. 20 at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Dallas, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 Houston, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 Washington, 1 p.m.Oct. 15 at New Orleans, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 25 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 15 BYENov. 22 Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 Minnesota, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 at Carolina, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 Carolina, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 New Orleans, 1 p.m.

CAROLINA PANTHERSSept. 13 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 Houston, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 New Orleans, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 BYEOct. 18 at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 25 Philadelphia-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 2 Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 8 Green Bay, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Washington, 1 p.m.Nov. 26 at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.Dec. 6 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Atlanta, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

CHICAGO BEARSSept. 13 Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Sept. 20 Arizona, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 4 Oakland, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 at Detroit, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 BYENov. 1 Minnesota, 1 p.m.Nov. 9 at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 15 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Denver, 1 p.m.Nov. 26 at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 6 San Francisco, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Washington, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 Detroit, 1 p.m.

DALLAS COWBOYSSept. 13 N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 20 at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 27 Atlanta, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 11 New England, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 18 BYEOct. 25 at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 1 Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 8 Philadelphia-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 15 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at Miami, 1 p.m.Nov. 26 Carolina, 3:30 p.m.Dec. 7 at Washington, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 13 at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 19 N.Y. Jets, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 27 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 Washington, 1 p.m.

DETROIT LIONSSept. 13 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 20 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Denver, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 5 at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 11 Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 18 Chicago, 1 p.m.

Oct. 25 Minnesota, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 vs. Kansas City at London, 9:30 a.m.Nov. 8 BYENov. 15 at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Oakland, 1 p.m.Nov. 26 Philadelphia, 11:30 a.m.Dec. 3 Green Bay, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 13 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Dec. 21 at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 27 San Francisco, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Chicago, 1 p.m.

GREEN BAY PACKERSSept. 13 at Chicago, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 Seattle, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 28 Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 11 St. Louis, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 San Diego, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 25 BYENov. 1 at Denver-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 8 at Carolina, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 Detroit, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Nov. 26 Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 3 at Detroit, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 13 Dallas, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 20 at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 27 at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.Jan. 3 Minnesota, 1 p.m.

MINNESOTA VIKINGSSept. 14 at San Francisco, 9:20 p.m.Sept. 20 Detroit, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 San Diego, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 11 BYEOct. 18 Kansas City, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at Detroit, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 at Chicago, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 St. Louis, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Nov. 22 Green Bay, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Seattle, 1 p.m.Dec. 10 at Arizona, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 20 Chicago, 1 p.m.Dec. 27 N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTSSept. 13 at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 20 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Carolina, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 11 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Oct. 15 Atlanta, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 25 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 Tennessee, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at Washington, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 BYENov. 29 at Houston, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Carolina, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Dec. 21 Detroit, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 27 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

NEW YORK GIANTSSept. 13 at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 20 Atlanta, 1 p.m.Sept. 24 Washington, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 4 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 San Francisco-x, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 19 at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 25 Dallas, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 1 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 15 New England, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 22 BYENov. 29 at Washington, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Dec. 14 at Miami, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 20 Carolina, 1 p.m.

A look at the National Football League 2015 team-by-team schedule

NFL TEAM-BY-TEAM


WEEK 1Thursday, Sept. 10

Pittsburgh at New England, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13

Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m. Carolina at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Miami at Washington, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 14Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 10:20 p.m.


Denver at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20

New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Houston at Carolina, 1 p.m. Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m. San Diego at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m. Seattle at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 21N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.


Washington at N.Y. Giants, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Dallas, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 1 p.m. San Diego at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at New England, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Buffalo at Miami, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept, 28Kansas City at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 4Thursday, Oct. 1

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4

N.Y. Jets vs. Miami (London), 9:30 a.m. Houston at Atlanta, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Oakland at Chicago, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m. Cleveland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 5Detroit at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Tennessee, New England


Indianapolis at Houston, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11

Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Seattle at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Chicago at Kansas City, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. New England at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Denver at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Giants*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 12Pittsburgh at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, New York N.Y. Jets


Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18

Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Denver at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m. Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Miami at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Carolina at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. San Diego at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. Baltimore at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. N. England at Indianapolis*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 19N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Dallas, Oakland, St. Louis, Tampa Bay


Seattle at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25

Buffalo vs. Jacksonville (London), 9:30 a.m. (TBAx)Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Houston at Miami, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m. Cleveland at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m. Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 26Baltimore at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay

x Buffalo at Jacksonville available in Buffalo and Jacksonville on CBS; global Internet distributor TBA


Miami at New England, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1

Detroit vs. Kansas City (London), 9:30 a.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. San Diego at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m. Arizona at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Seattle at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at Denver*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 2Indianapolis at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Washington

WEEK 9Thursday, Nov. 5

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8

Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Washington at New England, 1 p.m. Tennessee at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. Denver at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 9Chicago at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle


Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Carolina at Tennessee, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Washington, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 4:25 p.m. New England at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m. Arizona at Seattle*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 16Houston at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Diego, San Francisco


Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22

Indianapolis at Atlanta, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 1 p.m. Denver at Chicago, 1 p.m. Oakland at Detroit, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Houston, 1 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Kansas City at San Diego*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 23Buffalo at New England, 8:30 p.m.

Byes: Cleveland, New Orleans, New York N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh


Philadelphia at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Carolina at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. San Diego at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Oakland at Tennessee, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. New England at Denver*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 30Baltimore at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 13Thursday, Dec. 3

Green Bay at Detroit, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6

Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Denver at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia at New England, 4:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Pittsburgh*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 7Dallas at Washington, 8:30 p.m.


Minnesota at Arizona, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Cleveland, 1 p.m. New England at Houston, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m. Dallas at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. Seattle at Baltimore*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 14N.Y. Giants at Miami, 8:30 p.m.


Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19

N.Y. Jets at Dallas, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20

Kansas City at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Tennessee at New England, 1 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Arizona at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Washington, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Denver at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Cincinnati at San Francisco*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 21Detroit at New Orleans 8:30 p.m.


San Diego at Oakland, 8:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26

Washington at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27

Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Dallas at Buffalo, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Detroit, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Miami, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at New Orleans, 1 p.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore*, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 28Cincinnati at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 17Sunday, Jan. 3

New Orleans at Atlanta, 1:00 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1:00 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1:00 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. New England at Miami, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. San Diego at Denver, 4:25 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

* Sunday night games in Weeks 5-16 subject to change; Week 17 night game TBD

POSTSEASONAFC and NFC wild-card playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 9, and Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016

AFC and NFC divisional playoffsSaturday, Jan. 16 and Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016

AFC and NFC championship gamesSunday, Jan. 24, 2016

Pro Bowl (Aloha Stadium, Honolulu)

Sunday, January 31, 2016 Super Bowl 50

(Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.)Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016

Weekly National Football League scheduleContinued from 29

PHILADELPHIA EAGLESSept. 14 at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.Sept. 20 Dallas, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 27 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at Washington, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 New Orleans, 1 p.m.Oct. 19 N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 25 at Carolina-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 1 BYENov. 8 at Dallas-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 15 Miami, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Nov. 26 at Detroit, 11:30 a.m.Dec. 6 at New England, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 13 Buffalo, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Arizona, 1 p.m.Dec. 26 Washington, 8:25 p.m.Jan. 3 at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERSSept. 14 Minnesota, 9:20 p.m.Sept. 20 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 4 Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 11 at N.Y. Giants-x, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 18 Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 22 Seattle, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 1 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 Atlanta, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 15 BYENov. 22 at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 29 Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 6 at Chicago, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Cincinnati-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 27 at Detroit, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 St. Louis, 4:25 p.m.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKSSept. 13 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 27 Chicago, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 5 Detroit, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 11 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 Carolina, 4:05 p.m.Oct. 22 at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m.Nov. 1 at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 8 BYENov. 15 Arizona-x, 8:30 p.m.Nov. 22 San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.Nov. 29 Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.Dec. 6 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 at Baltimore-x, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 20 Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.Dec. 27 St. Louis, 4:25 p.m.Jan. 3 at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

ST. LOUIS RAMSSept. 13 Seattle, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 at Washington, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.Oct. 11 at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 BYEOct. 25 Cleveland, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 San Francisco, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 Chicago, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Arizona, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Detroit, 1 p.m.Dec. 17 Tampa Bay, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 27 at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Jan. 3 at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERSSept. 13 Tennessee, 4:25 p.m.Sept. 20 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Houston, 1 p.m.Oct. 4 Carolina, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 BYEOct. 25 at Washington, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 N.Y. Giants, 4:05 p.m.Nov. 15 Dallas, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Dec. 6 Atlanta, 1 p.m.Dec. 13 New Orleans, 1 p.m.Dec. 17 at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m.Dec. 27 Chicago, 1 p.m.Jan. 3 at Carolina, 1 p.m.

WASHINGTON REDSKINSSept. 13 Miami, 1 p.m.Sept. 20 St. Louis, 1 p.m.Sept. 24 at N.Y. Giants, 8:25 p.m.Oct. 4 Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Oct. 11 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 BYENov. 8 at New England, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 New Orleans, 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at Carolina, 1 p.m.Nov. 29 N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Dec. 7 Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Dec. 13 at Chicago, 1 p.m.Dec. 20 Buffalo, 1 p.m.Dec. 26 at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m.Jan. 3 at Dallas, 1 p.m.


For three-straight years, our “hot seat” prediction had come to fruition.

Each August, a group of Times Herald sportswriters gets together to project the records of each Big 30 foot-ball program for the coming season. As part of that, we generally place one team on the so-called hot seat, mean-ing we select that team to go undefeated through the regular season.

From 2011-2013, our cho-sen squads did just that; Pioneer in 2011 (7-0), Port Allegany in 2012 (10-0) and Randolph in 2013 (7-0) all ran the table.

Last year, however, a slight hiccup prevented us from making it four in a row.

Not that anybody could have blamed us for choosing the Cardinals to get through a second consecutive season unscathed.

Randolph, stacked again in 2014, ultimately won 12-straight games en route to claiming an unprecedented third New York State Class D title in a row. The only thing that kept it from per-fection was a season-opening 24-12 loss to Maple Grove/Chautauqua Lake.

As justifiable as it was, we had it wrong. But that isn’t the only thing we had wrong when it came to last August’s forecasts. Overall, it was a down year for us.

For starters, we guessed the correct records for just two teams — Olean High (4-3) and Port Allegany (3-6) — five fewer than the year before and our lowest num-ber of “spot-ons” in the last six years.

Additionally, we were within one game either way of only 10 of 21 teams; that number had ranged from

11-16 in the previous five years.

Part of our errable ways stemmed from the fact that the Big 30, as a whole, was a bit down last year. Part of it was our own ability to

foresee some of the surprise teams; there was a level of unfamiliarity with a few.

But whatever it was — last year more than the handful before it — when we were wrong … we were really wrong.

For 2014, we were three or more games off on seven teams; that number is gen-erally about two or three in most other years. In this instance, we were too gener-ous to the likes of Sheffield, Coudersport, Wellsville and Pioneer, but underestimated Ridgway, Franklinville/Ellicottville and, most of all, Elk County Catholic.

We predicted the Crusaders, after an 0-9 sea-son the year before, would go 2-8, thinking it was more than fair. Coach Tony Gerg’s team, however, ended up going 8-2 and reaching the District 9 playoffs.

From top to bottom, here’s how we did last August:

Team Predicted ActualAllegany-Limestone 2-5 0-7Bolivar-Richburg 1-6 0-7Bradford High 3-6 2-7Cameron County 3-6 4-5Catt.-Little Valley 3-5 5-3Coudersport 4-5 1-8Cuba-Rushford 2-5 3-4

See Predictions, page 40


OLEAN HIGHHuskies

Head coachMike Kane27th year124-101-3

WNY Class B South

NoteworthyKane returns as the Dean of Big 30 foot-ball coaches looking to reach 130 wins. Offense should pro-duce in the air.

2014 in reviewGood start (4-0), bad finish (0-4) for a team that averaged 25 pts until Game 5

Players to watch

ElijahRamadhan

Zac Spears

Lucas Mehmel

SE-DB Garrett Boldt Jr. 5-11 155

OG-DE Nick Howard Sr. 6-2 205C-LB Jordan McLaughlin Jr. 5-10 196

QB-DB Elijah Ramadhan Sr. 6-2 185T-DT Zac Spears Sr. 6-0 240SE-DB Evan Threehouse Sr. 6-3 180OG-DT Shawn Williams Sr. 6-3 320SE-CB Malakye Wofford Sr. 6-0 175

RB-LB Lucas Mehmel Sr. 5-11 170FB-LB Jared Slavin Sr. 5-9 185

Pole sitters

1. Kane (2) 21

Times Herald rankings

2. St. Marys (2) 20 3. Olean High 15 4. Ridgway (1) 11

T5. Pioneer 4

Preseason Large Schools

Preseason Small Schools

1. Randolph (5) 26

3. Franklinville-Ellic. 13

5. Elk Catholic 8

2. Cattaraugus-LV 16

4. Cuba-Rushford 10

HM: Portville 3

(1st place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points)

T5. Smethport 4

The heat’s back on RandolphCardinals on the hot seat again in TH predictions


Much like the predictions piece or team-by-team cap-sules, it’s become a staple in our annual football tab.

Three years ago, as part of our “Best of the Big 30” theme for the 2012 edition, the Times Herald’s sports department came up with a gaggle of “Top Five” lists -- among them, coaches, press boxes, team turnarounds and players.

The theme itself was a one-year arrangement, but two of those lists live on -- the Top Five games, which has now become our games to watch feature, and our Top Five players in its origi-nal format … because in the end, isn’t it all about the players?

The set-up is essentially the same as a collegiate bas-ketball league’s all-confer-ence teams, with three teams of five players, plus a host of honorable mentions. Here are how those squads appear

-- our players to watch, in other words -- for 2015 (play-ers on each team are listed in no particular order):

FIRST TEAMDevyn Nelsen, senior, RB-DB, Randolph

Nelsen, one of four returning Big 30 all-stars from last season, all of whom

are listed as first-teamers this year, was the top running back for a Randolph team that went 12-1 and captured a third-straight New York State Class D title in 2014.

Heading into the sectional title game last year, he had rushed for 1,057 yards and 11 touchdowns, and that was despite missing two games with an injury. For his career, he’s racked up 1,737 rushing yards.

The 5--10, 175-pound back is one of five starters back for the Cardinals this season.

Foster Dell, senior,OG-DT, Pioneer

Going into last year, Pioneer coach Jim Duprey had already described Dell as one of the best play-ers he’d ever coached. The 6-foot, 205-pound lineman, in his junior season, only reinforced the sentiment.

Dell led the Panthers in sacks (4) and quarterback pressures (8) while finish-ing second in tackles (57) and tackles for loss (13). He also anchored a line that produced 1,000-yard rusher Tyler Mummery. For his efforts, he was named a WNY Class B South all-star,

a Big 30 all-star and a Buffalo News All-Western New York

honorable mention. He already holds the

Pioneer career record for tackles for loss (44), fumble recoveries (5) and sacks (14).

Seth Drummond, junior, RB-LB, Otto-Eldred

The only player to be named to the Big 30 all-star team as a sophomore, Drummond rushed for 1,057 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2014, while finishing second on the Terrors in tackles with 50.

Drummond helped O-E close last season on a four-game win streak following six losses to the start the season.

He is one of a handful returning Allegheny Mountain League North all-stars.

Please see Players, page 36


Devyn NelsenRandolph

Seth DrummondOtto-Eldred

The PlaymakersA look at the top players to watch in the Big 30 for 2015

Elijah RamadhanOlean HIgh

Otto-EldredTerrors

Head coachNick LaBella1st year0-0

AML North Division

NoteworthyLaBella, a ‘98 O-E grad, inherits a young team with 9 lettermen back. Seth Drummond was a Big 30 all-star in ‘14.

2014 in reviewFour straight wins to finish the season boosted confidence after an 0-6 start.

Players to watch

Seth Drummond

RB-LB/DB Trevor Carlson Sr. 5-8 160QB-LB/DB Sawyer Drummond So. 6-1 185RB-LB Seth Drummond Jr. 5-8 195

RB-DB Michael Motyka So. 5-9 175QB-LB/DB Damen Palmer Jr. 5-10 185T-DT/DE Brycen Schneider Sr. 6-2 230C-DT/DE Jordan Sherwood So. 5-11 210WR/RB-SS Heath Stewart Sr. 5-10 185

T-DT/DE Aric Taylor Sr. 6-3 220TE-LB Grant West Jr. 6-2 190

Heath Stewart

Brycen Schneider


By JEFF MADIGANOlean Times Herald

With the unfortunate pos-sibility of severe injuries and inherent risks as it pertains to football, Section 6 and the other local governing bodies have, over the years, contin-ued to improve safety issues with the goal of ensuring practices and games are run smoothly and with as little concern as possible.

Sadly, injuries are a part of football. In a full-contact sport where all players on the field are going all-out every play, from whistle to whistle, injuries will occur. It’s an undeniable certainty that players will be nicked up, bruised and feeling the effects the next morning. But high schools across the country — and the organiza-tions for which they play — review all rules during the offseason and make nec-essary changes and improve-ments to create set standards of safety and uniformity as a precautionary measure.

Section 6 this year is no different, as there are several rule changes of note accord-ing to the football handbook. Most of the rule changes, revi-sions, clarifications and modi-fications deal with penalties, most specifically unnecessary roughness, in an effort to create a minimal risk. There is also an added empha-sis on facilitating National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules. According to the Section 6 handbook, there are six rules changes for the 2015 football season.

See Rule changes, page 47

Playing it safeMost new rules changes dealing with safety issues

By SAM WILSONOlean Times Herald

As more and more small schools lose varsity football programs or join their neigh-bors due to low turnout, one team seems immune to the trend in Cattaraugus County.

That of course would be the Randolph Cardinals, who have won three consecutive New York State public school Class D championships, and five in the last decade.

How have they done it, in the face of lower participa-tion elsewhere?

“I don’t really know the reason. Obviously when you’re successful, kids want to play,” third-year coach Brent Brown said. “The little kids programs do a great job. We get the numbers from

pee wees and midgets and they do a super job getting those kids up to us. But I see school enrollment other places falling but ours has stayed the same pretty much all the way through. I hope it stays like that.”

Certainly talent is part of it.

The Cardinals claimed 13 Big 30 All-Star spots over the last three years, includ-ing the last two players of the year, in running back Chris Doubek (2013, now a walk-on at University at Buffalo) and quarterback Bryce Morrison (2014, Alfred University). Jeff Andrews, an all-star lineman, is set to play at Alfred State.

Brown also has a wealth of coaching minds, from varsity assistants Nate

Armella and Kevin Hind to J.V. coach Greg Sherlock and volunteers Chad Slade, J.J. Peterson, Jeff Padgett, Gerald Carlson, Tim Brown and Lucas Burch.

“The more the merrier. You get guys that played for you and want to come back and help,” Brown said. “That’s what made (my transition to head coach) work. Everybody did their jobs for years. It really barely changed anything as far as that goes. Obviously you lose Pat, he’s been around and done a lot of things. You don’t want to lose him. But as far as keeping things the way they are, that was easy to do.”

Even Brown said he can’t predict such great roster depth forever.

“The numbers are good this year, really good actu-ally,” he said. “This year’s ninth graders it starts (to dip), and then eighth grad-ers, seventh graders, sixth graders. But after that, the numbers behind that are real good. I don’t know. We’ll see. Who knows what will happen between now and then.

See Randolph, page 44


RandolphCardinals

Head coachBrent Brown3rd year24-1

WNY Class D

NoteworthyDevyn Nelsen, who stepped into the record-breaking shoes of UB’s Chris Doubek, returns as a Big 30 All-Star himself

2014 in review6-0 league; 11-1 overall; won its third consecutive NYSPHSAA title and fifth in 10 years

Players to watch

RB-DB Devyn Nelson Sr. 5-10 175TE-MLB Mason Bosley Sr. 6-2 230T-DL Wesley Senn Sr. 6-1 245

WR-DB Tyler Stahley Sr. 6-2 185G-OLB Jon Ling Jr. 6-0 210QB-DB Jake Beaver Jr. 5-10 160WR-DB Gabby Gonzales Jr. 5-9 150WR-DB Sam Jacobi Jr. 6-0 175

T-DE Jeff Steward Sr. 6-4 210RB-DB Jake Brown Sr. 5-7 160

Devyn Nelsen

Mason Bosley

Wesley Senn

Portville Panthers

Head coachGary Swetland24th year129-77-1

WNY Class D

NoteworthyThe Panthers return 24 lettermen, includ-ing 10 who started on each side of the ball in at least three games.

2014 in reviewPCS won the Section 6 Class DD title with a 33-14 win over Frewsburg.

Players to watch

Sean Harris

Grant Milne

Jaycee Freeborn

OLDL Gavin Colligan Sr. 6-2 240

QB-DB Sean Harris Sr. 6-0 160RB-LB Grant Milne Sr. 6-2 185

SE-DB Nick Gehm Sr. 5-9 150TE-DE Mitchell Yehl Sr. 6-3 190OL-LB Jaycee Freeborn Sr. 5-6 160SE-DB Donovan Gayton Jr. 5-10 140OL-LB James Monahan Sr. 6-1 175

OL-DL James Costanza Sr. 5-11 235OL-LB Matt Waugh Jr. 5-10 175

Randolph stands alone among small schools

Sam Wilson/Olean Times HeraldBig 30 all-star Devyn Nelsen (27) leads the Randolph running backs into 2015 after a 1,737-yard, 13-touchdown junior year.


SalamancaWarriors

Head coachPaul Haley1st year0-0

WNY Class C South

NoteworthyHaley, the former Salamanca JV coach, takes over a young Warriors team for the school’s 100th year of football

2014 in review2-3 league, 3-5 overall; lost 5 of its last 6, includ-ing a 24-6 playoff opener at Cleveland Hill

Players to watch

G-DT Jordan Johnson Sr. 6-2 320TE-OLB Marcus Cooper Sr. 6-0 185RB-OLB Derek McClure Jr. 5-9 175

T-DE Chase Halftown Sr. 6-3 215QB-DB Cole Quigley Sr. 6-0 175RB-DB Xander Edstrom Jr. 5-11 185RB-LB Jacob Spruce So. 5-10 175RB-DE Jeremiah Schoup So. 5-11 175

T-DE Chandler Armstrong Jr. 6-0 220C-DE Zach Simsick Jr. 5-11 215

Marcus Cooper

Derek McClure

Jordan Johnson

Ridgway/JohnsonburgElkers

Head coachMark Heindl8th year29-42

AML South Division

NoteworthyLast season’s 9-2 mark was the best at Ridgway since the 1989 team went 9-1. The only two blemishes on the Elkers record were a 32-7 loss to Union in the regular season and an 18-14 defeat by the same team in the playoffs.

2014 in reviewWith 17 seniors, the Elkers, in the second year merged with Johnsonburg, were 9-2

G-LB Logan Brunner Sr. 5-11 190RB-CB Dan Cappiello Sr. 5-11 170FB-LB Jake Destaphano Jr. 5-7 170

RB-LB Jimmy Elisski So. 5-8 180T/DE Justin Kazmerskie Jr. 6-1 215RB-S Neil MacDonald So. 5-11 180G/DT Colton McClain Jr. 5-9 250QB/S Johnny Mitchell So. 5-11 170

T/DT Willie Pelsulo Sr. 5-11 250FB-LB James Winslow Jr. 5-7 145

OutlookThe Elkers have 36 players on the roster, 13 of them from Johnsonburg. “We needed Johnsonburg as much as they needed us,” Heindl said. “I admire the commitment of their players... they’ve helped save the program.”


Elk Co. Catholic 2-8 8-2Franklinville/Fville 4-4 7-1Kane 7-2 6-3Olean High 4-3 4-3Otto-Eldred 3-7 4-6Pioneer 6-1 3-4Port Allegany 3-6 3-6Portville 5-2 3-4Randolph 8-0 7-1Ridgway 5-4 8-1Salamanca 5-2 3-4Sheffield 6-4 2-8Smethport 5-4 4-5Wellsville 3-4 0-7

And that brings us to our predictions for the 2015 season.

At the start of our meet-ing last week, we toyed with the idea of going without a “hot seat” team this year. The thought was that, while we may have a handful of really strong teams, we prob-ably don’t have a sure thing — at least not in the same way that Port Allegany was in 2012 or Randolph in 2013 — and therefore maybe no true candidates.

But what fun would that be?

For the third year in a row, then, we’re putting the Cardinals on the heat seat, predicting them to go a per-fect 7-0 overall and 6-0 in Western New York Class D.

Why Randolph again?Even with a few key

losses from last year, the Cardinals appear to be ready to make another run at it, with a host of key players back, highlighted by running back/defensive back Devyn Nelsen and tight end/defen-sive end Mason Bosley, and a schedule that will likely have them favored in every game.

And besides, how could we go with anyone other than the team that has won 35 of its last 36 games and could very well be pursuing a fourth-straight state title again in 2015?

Coach Brent Brown’s team isn’t the only one with expectations, though.

We believe that with vir-tually all of its skilled guys back, including third-year starting quarterback Kyle O’Donnell, Cattaraugus-Little Valley could be in for a big year. The same goes for Cuba-Rushford, which has plenty of talent returning from a team that closed out last year on a four-game win streak.

We also feel that Smethport is the favorite in the Allegheny Mountain League North, that Ridgway and Elk County Catholic could go either way in the South and that Franklinville/Ellicottville could well find its way back in the mix in WNY Class D.

We’ve been pretty accu-rate with these forecasts in the past. We’ve also been very erroneous. From here on out, it’s on the players and coaches to prove them-selves one way or another.

Here is a look at how see everything shaking out in 2015:

DISTRICT 10, REGION 5 W LConneaut 5 0DuBois 4 1Oil City 3 2Meadville 2 3Bradford High (2-7) 1 4Franklin 0 5

ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN LEAGUE NORTH W LSmethport (5-4) 4 1Cameron County (4-5) 3 2Port Allegany (3-6) 3 2Coudersport (3-6) 2 3Otto-Eldred (2-7) 2 3Sheffield (2-8) 1 4 SOUTH W LBrockway 3 1Curwensville 3 1Kane (6-3) 2 2Ridgway (5-5) 1 3Elk County Catholic (4-5) 1 3

LIVINGSTON COUNTY DIV. I W LBath 6 1Livonia 5 2LeRoy 4 2Dansville 4 3Letchworth/Warsaw 3 4Hornell 2 5Wayland-Cohocton 2 5Wellsville (1-6) 1 5

*Wellsville and LeRoy are each playing one non-league game

LIVINGSTON COUNTY DIV. II W LGeneseo 6 1Avon 5 2Cuba-Rushford (5-2) 4 2Caledonia-Mumford 4 2Perry 4 3York/Pavilion 2 5Canisteo-Greenwood 1 6Bolivar-Richburg 1 6

*Cuba-Rushford and Caledonia-Mumford are each playing one non-league game

WNY CLASS B SOUTH W LDunkirk 3 1Fredonia 2 2Springville 2 2Olean High (3-3) 2 2Pioneer (2-4) 1 3

*Olean High and Pioneer each have an open date due to Eden dropping its program

WNY CLASS C SOUTH W LMaple Grove/Chaut. Lake 5 0Southwestern 3 2Falconer/Cassadaga Valley 3 2Allegany-Limestone (3-4) 2 4Salamanca (2-5) 1 4Gowanda/Pine Valley 1 4

WNY CLASS D SOUTH W LRandolph (7-0) 6 0Catt.-Little Valley (5-2) 4 2Franklinville/Eville (4-3) 3 3Portville (4-3) 3 3Clymer/Panama/Sherman 2 4Frewsburg 2 4Westfield/Brocton 1 5

predictions

Nine Big 30 teams with winning records

Of the 21 teams in the Big 30 last season, nine finished with a winning record and three — Allegany-Limestone, Bolivar-Richburg and Wellsville — failed to win a game.

Randolph’s 11 wins was the most in the Big 30, fol-lowed by Ridgway and Kane with nine each.


The idea had been tossed around for at least the last year or two.

In fact, a year ago, Section 5 Media Coordinator Jim Cleveland had commented on its eventual likelihood in a story for the 2014 Edition.

“We had some discussion this year from the smaller schools about merging into one class,” Cleveland, the former Archbishop Walsh coach said at the time. “But if they are serious about that,

they would need to give us a one-year notice.”

The section’s D-level pro-grams presumably did just that. And so the change has now officially been made.

Beginning this Fall, Section 5’s Class D teams will merge into one 17-school classification, with the top eight finishers (based on power points) advancing to the sectional playoffs with the eventual champion rep-resenting the section in the Far West Regional.

This is a shift in how the D-level had operated in past

years, when it was broken into Class D and DD. In that format, the top four finish-ers in each would play for its own sectional title with the winners meeting to play for a spot in the Far West Regional.

As part of the new look, the next eight teams that don’t reach the playoffs will play in the Connors and Ferris consolation bowl, with four teams competing for a D-1 title and four for a D-2 title. The team that finishes 17th will see its season come to an end.

This is the only major

change to Section 5’s playoff format for the 2015 season; Class AA, A, B and C will continue to send their top eight teams to sectionals (one minor alteration is that with now 15 schools, Class AA will have a six-team Connors and Ferris Bowl field, with the 15th place team being left off).

And the big D change, a few years in the works, has been implemented due to a shrinking number of teams brought about by an increased number of merged programs.

“We’ve had more and more teams combining,” said Class D classification chairman John Norson. “C.G. Finney and Northstar, and then this year York and Pavilion. It just made sense that we eventually combine the D schools into one clas-sification.”

That same reality has pro-duced another change within

the section, one that will affect all three of the Allegany County teams -- Wellsville, Cuba-Rushford and Bolivar-Richburg -- in the Big 30.

Beginning this year, the number of Livingston County leagues will lessen from three generally five-team divisions to two leagues with a larger num-ber of teams. This development was prompted primarily by the York-Pavilion merger, which would have eliminated a team from either Livingston County Division II or III.

The new Livingston County Division I will con-sist of a combination of B and C programs: Wayland-Cohocton, Dansville, LeRoy, Letchworth, Livonia, Hornell, Bath-Haverling and Wellsville. Livingston County Division II will be made up of D schools: Avon, Bolivar-Richburg,

Please see Section 5, page 43

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In all, 13 of the 30 meet-ings have been decided by 10 points or less.

Coudersport at Otto-Eldred, 7

In a matchup of first-year coaches with each hav-ing taken notes through the first four weeks of the season, it will be interest-ing to see which one has learned the most. Ben Cary and his Falcons travel to Duke Center to take on Phil LaBella’s Terrors.

WEEK SIXOct. 9Coudersport at Port Allegany, 7

Simply one of the more competitive rivalries in the Big 30, Coudersport and Port Allegany are only sepa-rated by 10 miles and since 1986, when the Allegheny Mountain League was born, the Falcons have won 21 out

of 31 games with 12 games decided by two scores or less.

Sheffield at Cameron C, 7 p.m.The two AML North

Division rivals have split their last six games. Cameron prevailed last year, 41-14.

Cuba-Rushford at Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.

This game will stir up memories of an old Border Conference rivalry clash. In their last two meetings, played 10 years apart as season openers in 2002 and 2012 Wellsville prevailed, 42-0 and 22-0. The Lions have won the last 11 meet-ings. The last C-R win, 25-12, came in 1992.

WEEK SEVENOct. 16Salamanca at. Franklinville/Ellicottville, 7 p.m.

Dubbed the Titans at

the start of this season, Franklinville-Ellicottville gives coach Bartoszek a chance to defeat his alma mater. The last time Salamanca played Ellicottville was in 2006 when the then-Eagles pre-vailed, 12-6. The game will be played in Ellicottville.

Curwensville at Kane, 7 p.m.The Wolves will look to

avenge one of their three one-point regular-season losses they suffered a year ago when Curwensville won, 7-6.

WEEK EIGHTOct, 24Kane at Elk Catholic, 7 p.m.

Once again, coach Todd Silfies’ Kane squad will look to flip last season’s 13-12 setback.

WEEK NINEOct. 30Coudersport at Smethport, 7

The Falcons are still try-ing to figure out how it was possible to suffer just a sin-gle regular season loss three times over a 10-year period from 1989 until 1998 and only qualify for the postsea-son five times. Of course, it was the same stretch of sea-sons when Smethport forges a regular-season record of 86-1. Still a favorite matchup for AML fans to follow.

games to watch

Sec. 5 ‘D’ schools merge into one class for playoffs

SheffieldWolverines

Head coachDavid Fitch4th year10-21

AML North Division

NoteworthyThe Wolverines, who finished 2-8, were outscored 116-0 in their first two games and 298-41 in the initial four, but they rallied to end the season at 2-2 with victories over Coudersport and Warren county rival Eisenhower.

2014 in reviewSheffield, with a front-loaded schedule from the tough AML-South, opened 0-6.

QB Cale Albaugh So. 5-10 165T-LB Mason Albaugh Jr. 5-11 260WR-CB Dayquan Brady So. 5-11 180

TB-CB Logan Connolly Sr. 6-2 175FB-DL Drew Higby Jr. 6-2 185WR-CB Nick Kipp Sr. 5-10 160TE Ryan Lemay Sr. 6-2 195C-NT Cameron Retterer Sr. 6-0 230

TE-DE Brendan Schrader Jr. 6-2 185WR-S Myqu. Stevenson Sr. 6-2 185

OutlookSheffield is bolstered by 13 players from Abraxas and has a solid 36- player roster. But, according to Fitch, “For us to really step up we need our starters to be Sheffield kids because we only have the Abraxas players for one year.


the better part of a decade stepping aside, the Big 30 coaching fraternity continues to get younger, at least in terms of service.

Since 2013, 11 new head coaches have been named among the area’s 21 programs: Mike Kunes (Cameron County), Fee, Tony Gerg (Elk County Catholic), Chad Bartoszek (Ellicottville, Franklinville/Ellicottville), Brent Brown (Randolph) and Wayne Stonemetz (Wellsville) in 2013, Bienkowski last year and the four this year.

That group has seen

varying levels of success; Brown has gone an impres-sive 25-1 over his first two years, leading the Cardinals to back-to-back state cham-pionships. Bienkowski, last year’s only newbie, saw his charges struggle to a 1-6 start before winning their final two games.

That means, though, that only 10 — less than half — of the current bosses have more than two years experience on a Big 30 sideline, and only six have been with their pro-grams for five years or longer.

That group consists of Mike Kane, the area’s longest tenured coach, who will be entering his 27th year at Olean

High, Gary Swetland (Portville, 24th year), Jim Duprey (Pioneer, 14th year), Tim Miller (Cattaraugus-LV, 21st year), Mark Heindl (Ridgway, 9th year) and Jeff Puglio (Bradford High, 7th year).

BRINGING ON a new coach doesn’t necessarily mean starting over, however.

A good number of those mentors have been able to maintain a previous level of success or turn around a struggling program rather quickly.

Fee, for instance, took a team that had gone 4-11 in the two seasons before his arrival and guided it to the playoffs (5-3) in 2013 and a bowl title (5-4) in 2014. Bartoszek has steered his co-op to two-straight Class D playoff appearances on the heels of Ellicottville’s Class DD championship in 2012.

Gerg, meanwhile, at ECC, produced one of the more notable turnarounds of the last few years, bringing the Crusaders from 0-9 his first season to 8-3 and the District 9 playoffs in his second.

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St. Marys PublicFlying Dutch

Head coachTony Defilippi2nd year8-4

AML South Division

NoteworthyFormer head coach Joe Schlimm stepped down after the 2013 season when a change in policy didn’t permit an administrator (assistant principal) to be a head coach. Defilippi took over and Schlimm is a volunteer coach.

2014 in reviewSt. Marys, 8-4, beat Moniteau in a first-round D-9 game, then lost to Karns City.

SE/S Brady Bauer Sr. 6-3 200OL/LB Dalton Bauer Sr. 5-10 220TE/OLB Nick Cunningham Sr. 6-2 195

OL/DL Hunter Fantachi Sr. 6-0 210FB-LB TJ Hogan Sr. 5-9 175RB/LB Matt Marconi Jr. 5-9 180OL/DL DJ Salinas Sr. 5-10 230QB-LB Pat Schlimm Jr. 5-7 175

RB-DT Nathan Straub Jr. 5-10 175RB-DB Nick Taylor Sr. 6-0 180

Outlook“We return nine starters, most of them on both sides of the ball,” Defilippi said. “We also have eight other lettermen. It total, we have 47 players out, grades 10-12. With that experience coming back, we’re optimistic.

WellsvilleLions

Head coachWayne Stonemetz3rd year4-13

Independent

NoteworthyWellsville returns top two RBs in Hoffman and Dunham...will have Bob McMorris back as assistant...will go back to heavy ground game.

2014 in reviewThe Lions were out-scored by an avg. of 26 points in going 0-8, its worst year since 2010.

Players to watch

C. Hoffman

OL-DL Tyler Brandes Sr. 5-10 240OL-DL Austin Crawford Sr. 6-1 195RB-LB Ryan Dunham Sr. 6-1 175

RB-SS James Embser Sr. 5-9 180RB-FS Carter Hoffman Jr. 5-10 160TE-LB Darren Dickerson Sr. 6-0 170RB-LB Nicholas Gray Sr. 5-10 170OL-DL Josh Kehl Sr. 5-10 235

QB-LB Kolten Martin Jr. 5-11 165WR-CB Seth Reeder Jr. 5-10 150

A. Crawford

R. Dunham


“We’d just as soon not merge. That’s got to be a nightmare with practices. If everybody merges, then there might not be a D. There’s not many of us left.”

In that division, the Cardinals haven’t lost a game since September 2012 to perennial rival Maple Grove. Once Maple Grove merged with Chautauqua Lake and became a C team, it topped Randolph in the opening week of last year for Brown’s only loss to date.

“Once you have that suc-cess, it becomes cultural,” Cattaraugus-Little Valley coach Tim Miller said. “The community supports what they're doing there. The kids are involved. They make sure the kids are at offseason

workouts. It becomes cultur-al to not makes excuses and to show up and get it done. That's a hard thing to build but they've certainly built that over the last few years.”

Franklinville-Ellicottville’s Chad Bartoszek attributed Randolph’s success to great coaching, community sup-port and talent.

“You combine all that, and all of a sudden the kids start believing too,” he said. “You take all those factors and you've got something special. I didn't get to watch the state title game, but I heard it was a doozey. That's that belief. They believed they were going to win that game. It all comes from having a program that is run the right way.”

The F-E Titans will be first on the schedule for the defending state champs,

looking to avenge a 28-0 loss at Ralph Wilson Stadium for the Section 6 Class D title.

“We want the challenge,” Bartoszek said. “It's just tough that they're down the road. Eventually we've got to get that win. It's going to come sooner or later, hope-fully sooner rather than later, but I think everyone knows who they are, everybody looks at our schedule and goes, 'Alright, that's going to be a good one.' Opening with them is alright. At least they lost a lot as well. Things are going to be a little bit different in terms of their positions as well. Getting them in Week 1 isn't the worst thing in the world. It gives our kids something to look forward to. I don't think you'll have trouble motivat-ing them.”

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Now the transition to Division III will be complet-ed at Alfred State’s impres-sive new artificial turf foot-ball, track and soccer facility that he maintains has “the best view within 100 miles of here.”

And, in the near future, there could be a significant schedule addition.

“Last year at Homecoming we had 3,000 people,” Welker said, “and (Alfred U.) had 3,000 people

at their game. That’s 6,000 people in town watching football on the same after-noon just across the road from each other.

“The day we actually start playing each other, which could be sooner rather than later, that’s going to be the day that football is amazing in this valley.”

To which Dodson con-cludes of his Alfred State recruiting pitch, “I tell them, ‘You want to make a mark in life, come here and make history.”

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it wasn’t my call to make. So we immediately started look-ing and were able to get it scheduled.”

Rankl took 65 players who are returning this sea-son and the team did fund-raising to make it happen.

“We went for two nights and I was really impressed with how our guys bought into and appreciated the Quebec City culture,” he said. “We did all of the tour-ing of the city and it’s gor-geous. It’s three hours past Montreal, so it’s a heckuva a ride but the guys really enjoyed it and we got some great benefits out of it.”

So how does that trans-late to the coming season?

“Our goal every year is to win the Empire 8 and get the automatic bid to the (Division III) play-offs,” Rankl said. “The Empire 8 has become an impressive football con-ference. Salisbury State and Frostburg are gone, they’re in the New Jersey Athletic Conference now and both Cortland and Morrisville have joined.There are no easy games on our conference sched-ule whatsoever. Week after week, it’s a tough road. Traditionally, Morrisville, Cortland, Brockport and Buff State were not Empire 8 teams, but now they are and it’s made a New York State Division III Conference that’s phenomenal.”

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By SHAWN CAMPBELLSpecial to the Olean Times Herald

The 2014 District 9 Class A football playoffs weren’t short on upsets.

Three lower-seeded teams knocked off higher-seeded foes in the quarterfinal round. No. 8 Union sent top-seeded Ridgway packing on the first weekend. And Kane, the No. 6 seed, won it all, beating fifth-seeded Brockway, 33-14, in the championship game.

Contributing to the postseason shockers was the playoff format, which remains the same throughout all of District 9 this season.

“It changes every two years,” said Bob Tonkin, D-9 football chairman. “The state works on two-year enrollment classifications, so schools have to submit enrollments every two years. This is the second of the two years.”

Here’s a District 9 playoff format refresher:

CLASS A: Eight teams qualify — four from the Allegheny Mountain League, two from the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference and two at-large qualifiers.

The winner of the AML championship game earns the league’s first automatic playoff bid. The second, third and fourth AML quali-fiers are selected based on winning percentage in all AML regular season games. Ties are broken by head-to-head results and the PIAA ranking system which awards points for wins and strength of victory.

The KSAC Small School Division sends its top two teams to the playoffs. Tiebreakers are again head-to-head competition and the PIAA ranking system.

The two at-large qualifiers are determined by winning percentage in all regular

season games. The same tie-breaking procedure is used.

For bracketing in Class A, which is predetermined, the AML champion and KSAC Small School winner are guaranteed the top two seeds. They play the at-large qualifiers (the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds) in the quarterfinals.

The No. 1 seed this year will be from the KSAC.

“We rotate that from year to year,” Tonkin said. Ridgway was awarded the top spot in 2014 after win-ning the AML title.

Additionally this year under the bracketing rota-tion, the third seed will be the other automatic qualifier from the KSAC. The Nos. 4, 5 and 6 seeds will be AML representatives.

The Class A playoffs begin Nov. 13 or Nov. 14 with quar-terfinal round games hosted by higher-seeded teams.

The semifinals (Nov. 20-21) and championship (Nov. 27-28) are played at neutral sites.

“We try to find, if pos-sible, a field as close as halfway between the two schools,” Tonkin said. “The other problem you run into is when you’re playing football in November and December, weather condi-tions are not always the best. We try to play them on some type of artificial sur-face if possible.”

CLASS AA: All four teams are eligible for the playoffs. Schools can choose to opt out of the postseason, however. Seeding is determined by the PIAA ranking system.

The semifinals, hosted by the higher seeds, are Nov. 13 or Nov. 14. The champion-ship will be Nov. 20 or Nov. 21 at a neutral site.

CLASS AAA: The top two teams in the three-team class play for the District 9 championship Nov. 6 or Nov.

7 at a neutral site. Selection and seeding are determined by the PIAA ranking system. The third-ranked team that fails to qualify for the playoffs will play Warren in a season-ending non-league game.

CLASS AAAA: DuBois is the lone District 9 team and plays in the District 6-9 subregion playoffs. All four teams in the subregion could compete. Selection and seed-ing are determined by the PIAA ranking system.

Higher-seeded teams will host in the semifinals (Nov. 13-14), and the champion-ship (Nov. 20-21) will be played at a neutral site.

The District 9 football classifications with school enrollments:

CLASS AAAA (4)(District 6-9 Subregion)State College (D-6) 886Mifflin County (D-6) 617DuBois (D-9) 562Central Mountain (D-6) 505

CLASS AAA (3)Punxsutawney 324Clearfield 319Bradford 306

CLASS AA (4)St. Marys 278Brookville 215Karns City 213Moniteau 201

CLASS A (17)Kane 174Brockway 167Ridgway/Johnsonburg 152Curwensville 146Clarion 138Port Allegany 132Keystone 130Otto-Eldred 128Clarion-Limestone 125Redbank Valley 125Coudersport 115Sheffield 110Smethport 108A-C Valley 90Elk County Catholic 88Union 84Cameron County 72

Format to stay the same for District 9 playoffs

AU’s Zach BrinkleyAU’s Mike Berardi

rule changes



Spearing, a penalty dealing with a defensive player attempting to make a tackle leading with his helmet, had a change in definition to differentiate it from targeting, which is contact above the shoulders. The definition of spear-ing (contact at the shoulders or below) was revised to continue to focus on minimizing the risk of injury.

Another penalty changes deal-ing with roughing the passer, in which “no player shall make contact with an opponent which is deemed unnecessary or excessive and which ignites roughness.” In adding the excessive notion to this penalty, ref-erees and game officials can penalize any player, offense or defense, for an excessive hit (such as blindside hits or hits on a defenseless player).

OTHER RULE changes/modifica-tions:

• The referee can correct the num-ber of the next down prior to the ball becoming live after a new series of downs is awarded.

• The timing of the foul for not having at least four players on each side of the kicker now occurs when the ball is kicked.

• An automatic first down is not awarded for a 5-yard incidental face mask penalty in roughing the passer. Previously, all roughing the passer penalties were 15 yards and an auto-matic first down.

• Unsportsmanlike/dead ball personal fouls committed by teams can offset, and therefore any 15-yard penalties accrued from both sides would negate one another.

ALSO ADDED this year was a modification of how weekly practices can be run. Per the state’s executive committee, all varsity, junior varsity and modified teams can hold no more than two “full contact” prac-tices per week. These “full contact” practices can last no longer than 90 minutes. “Full contact,” by defini-tion, is defined as a practice where drills or live action is conducted that involves collisions at game speed,

where players execute tackles and other activity that is typical of an actual tackle football game.

RULES AND regulations regard-ing concussion protocol, as well as heat index and chill index for extreme temperatures (81 degrees and above; 36 degrees and below), also remain heavily prevalent due to the health of all players.

If a player is removed from the game and exhibits concussion-like symptoms on the sideline, that player must be treated by a medi-cal professional as soon as possible. Only that medical professional, be it an athletic director of a paramedic, is authorized to determine if any player may return to the game after exiting with an injury. However, with the severity of concussions and the emphasis placed on head injuries, any player who leaves a game with concussion-like symptoms is not allowed to return to the game. That player is not allowed to resume any athletic activity for a 24-hour period

after being deemed “symptom-free” by the school medical director. Per policy, all high school football coach-es must complete a concussion man-agement course every other year and coaches must also be CPR certified.

New York State recommends that a physician be present at all foot-ball games and to be available for practices, especially the full contact practice sessions. If the services of a physician cannot be obtained, cover-age should be provided by persons qualified to give emergency care (physician assistants, emergency squads, athletic trainers).

All officials are certified as well, and officiating judgments at times are paramount to game safety. Officials are urged to stop the game imme-diately when safety concerns are in question or a player is injured as safety remains at the forefront of com-petition. Football remains the most popular sport for boys at the high school level, and numerous steps are taken nationwide to ensure safety is of the utmost importance all season long.

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